Falkland islands - British or Argentine?

RobitTV · 30-09-2011 06:49PM #1

The Falkland Islands (pronounced Spanish: Islas Malvinas) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about 250 nautical miles - 460 km from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland. It is an internally self-governing British Overseas Territory.

On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands and other British territories in the South Atlantic. The military junta which had ruled Argentina since 1976 sought to maintain power by diverting public attention from the nation's poor economic performance and exploiting the long-standing feelings of the Argentines towards the islands. The war ended in British victory!

Read about the ongoing dispute - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute

So in your opinion - British or argentine islands?

Superbus · 30-09-2011 06:50PM

Falkish.

Full.Duck · 30-09-2011 06:51PM

My opinion doesnt matter. They are british.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 30-09-2011 06:52PM

Give the Falklands back to the Falklandish.

Biggins · 30-09-2011 06:52PM

Neither. Gia.

Bloody Nipples · 30-09-2011 06:53PM

Bring back Thatcher.

Chuck Stone · 30-09-2011 06:53PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 06:56PM

Firstly, the majority of the population on the islands has some sort of ancestral connection to Britain and are predominantly English speaking.

Secondly, there was a war back in the 80's that decided this.

So, I honestly can't see them being Argentine. They will either remain British or form an independent state.

ItsAWindUp · 30-09-2011 06:56PM

In before KeithAFC!

stovelid · 30-09-2011 06:57PM

I couldn't give a falk.

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 06:58PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Falklandish.

Falklander/ Falklanders.

LondonIrish90 · 30-09-2011 06:58PM

It is not a matter of opinion, they are a British Overseas Territory.

If the question had been "Should the Falklands be British or Argentine" then the answer would remain as British for me. They had been British for centuries before the state of Argentina was even established!

Why should Argentina have them? Because they are close? Maybe OP you would be of a different opinion if I suggested that the Island of Ireland should be British simply due to it being within close proximity to the larger island with a bigger population?

No to Argentine Imperialism!!! :pac:

RobitTV · 30-09-2011 07:00PM

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

It is not a matter of opinion, they are a British Overseas Territory.

If the question had been "Should the Falklands be British or Argentine" then the answer would remain as British for me. They had been British for centuries before the state of Argentina was even established!

Why should Argentina have them? Because they are close? Maybe OP you would be of a different opinion if I suggested that the Island of Ireland should be British simply due to it being within close proximity to the larger island with a bigger population?

No to Argentine Imperialism!!! :pac:

I Have supported the british claim ever since i heard of the islands, the uk has the legal claim to them.

Argentine has no legal claim, instead they resort to shouting.

snubbleste · 30-09-2011 07:01PM

Islas Malvinas

dlofnep · 30-09-2011 07:02PM

I was looking at the wiki page. First paragraph says "Chilenos Hijos de mil putas!!". I know puta means bitch/whore, but any translations?

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 07:03PM

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

It is not a matter of opinion, they are a British Overseas Territory.

If the question had been "Should the Falklands be British or Argentine" then the answer would remain as British for me. They had been British for centuries before the state of Argentina was even established!

Why should Argentina have them? Because they are close? Maybe OP you would be of a different opinion if I suggested that the Island of Ireland should be British simply due to it being within close proximity to the larger island with a bigger population?

No to Argentine Imperialism!!! :pac:

No to British Imperialism also!

Free the Falklands! Grant them complete independence!

LondonIrish90 · 30-09-2011 07:03PM

dlofnep wrote: »

I was looking at the wiki page. First paragraph says "Chilenos Hijos de mil putas!!". I know puta means bitch/whore, but any translations?

Chileans are the sons of a thousand whores.

Biggins · 30-09-2011 07:04PM

We are just tenants of this Earth.
Just wait till Lord Xenu re-invades from his celestial temple on planet Zanussi, then he'll kick us in the backside with his forty legs and show us who owns what!
Tom Cruise will be laughing all the way to the bank!

O' crap.. he already is! The wacko!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 30-09-2011 07:04PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Falklander/ Falklanders.

I know, I was doing a little play on Paul McCartney's protest song 'Give Ireland back to the Irish'.

Eve_Dublin · 30-09-2011 07:04PM

I call them the Malvinas but yeah, they're part of Britain. Whatever. All I know is they've the stupidest name for a capital city on the planet...if the Argentinians reclaimed them, it'd be called something a bit sexier and that's enough reason to hand them back.

The English are crap at naming towns and cities (Grimsby anyone?).

Chuck Stone · 30-09-2011 07:05PM

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

In before KeithAFC!

http://1-2knockout.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5505fc4968834010536e09336970b-800wi

charlemont · 30-09-2011 07:06PM

British, as the people who live there consider themselves British and as far as I know there was no native population, Argentina was founded through colonisation too so they have no right to claim the islands.

dlofnep · 30-09-2011 07:06PM

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

Chileans are the sons of a thousand whores.

Seems a bit random for a wiki page for the Falklands.

mike65 · 30-09-2011 07:10PM

The funny thing about the Falklands/ Malvinas is that they were never really under Argentinian rule (bar that period of occupation in 1982) The closest they got was when an American privateer David Jewett made a claim on behalf of United Provinces of South America (which was a proto Argentina) in 1820 and that lasted a very short time. Jewett was not a reliable character.

I am pie · 30-09-2011 07:10PM

Pinochet alleged to have provided support to the British in return for cut price military planes. Think they let them use chilean airspace or runways...something like that. Argies hate them for it...not good neighbourly relations going on there at all !

Sunnyisland · 30-09-2011 07:11PM

Give them to france they were there first :-)

ejmaztec · 30-09-2011 07:12PM

dlofnep wrote: »

Seems a bit random for a wiki page for the Falklands.

Wasn't it because the late arsehole, Pinochet, allowed the other arsehole Thatcher to use Chile as a base during the war?

Killer Pigeon · 30-09-2011 07:13PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I call them the Malvinas but yeah, they're part of Britain. Whatever. All I know is they've the stupidest name for a capital city on the planet...if the Argentinians reclaimed them, it'd be called something a bit sexier and that's enough reason to hand them back.

"Ohhhh Stanley!"

*Spank* *Spank*

ejmaztec · 30-09-2011 07:13PM

realies wrote: »

Give them to france they were there first :-)

They couldn't find any cheese so they took off.

cml387 · 30-09-2011 07:15PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Wasn't it because the late arsehole, Pinochet, allowed the other arsehole Thatcher to use Chile as a base during the war?

No.

But Chile did supply Britain with any intelligence it had on Argentine military
forces.

Sunnyisland · 30-09-2011 07:18PM

You have to laugh at the poll, most people see them as argentinian lol,Is there an undercurrent of anti english in all of you ?

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