tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753774704871279794.post7596093261734963493..comments2023-05-21T08:42:21.973-07:00Comments on World Wide Mogg Blog: Why the time has come for Wales to lay claim to ArgentinaJake Rees-Mogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03805921976649427586noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753774704871279794.post-53672950761981903082011-12-28T01:51:32.990-08:002011-12-28T01:51:32.990-08:00Why on earth would a people be 'blind' for...Why on earth would a people be 'blind' for wishing to determine who they are? Patriotism in the sense of wishing to define ones self as part of a group is a noble ambition. Nationalism ordinarily involves telling other people what they are or must be and is invariably ugly. If you can find me more than a dozen Falkland islanders who wish to be Argentinian I shall happily revise my opinion. Good day to you.Jake Rees-Mogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805921976649427586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753774704871279794.post-5086958911000876622011-12-27T18:20:33.871-08:002011-12-27T18:20:33.871-08:00It is not true that Falklands people do not want t...It is not true that Falklands people do not want to be independent. Moreover they would be blind if they dont. Just move to the social networks were they have free to speech without fear and claim to have the total management of their country as any other country does. <br />Measles is to confound community and country, nationalism is opposed to internationalism not to community-sm (communitarism?). Many times "community" may take the form of micronationalism (just look at some Basques in Spain). Arab "community" is part of they ideology to own and rule the world. Colonialism is a -XXth century buried (see India and Hong Kong)- form of macronationalism in which some country (may be UK or RA) pretends to rule other country (Falklands either the case for UK and RA ) or part of other country (Gibraltar).<br />Your invocation of a Queen has nothing rational. You d better revise your positions.Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426916159754021907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753774704871279794.post-15137271146928559912011-12-27T15:29:06.421-08:002011-12-27T15:29:06.421-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jake Rees-Mogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805921976649427586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753774704871279794.post-3315698139427814542011-12-27T15:23:21.946-08:002011-12-27T15:23:21.946-08:00What history do you read? Guillaume le Conqueror K...What history do you read? Guillaume le Conqueror King of Normandy took Britain in 1066, so to start with Britain and Falklands are Normand <br /><br />Anyhow colonialism was call to be erradicated since middle XXth century so neither Argentine nor UK has any rights to put their hands on Falklands destiny. Falklands should be independent.Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426916159754021907noreply@blogger.com