• PersnickityPenguin
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    7 months ago

    The thing is, Argentina has never had the Falkland Islands. The British discovered them first.

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          7 months ago

          longer than Argentina has existed?

          Argentina used to belong to Spain, then won their sovereignty. They claim they inherited the islands from Spain when they became a nation.

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            7 months ago

            Cool, so Britain has held the islands longer than Argentina, and the argentinian claim on the falklands is as strong as their claim on Madrid.

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            7 months ago

            Lots of places used to belong to Spain. That doesn’t mean Argentina gets them all. Their logic is flawed and specious.

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              7 months ago

              Lots of places used to belong to Spain. That doesn’t mean Argentina gets them all. Their logic is flawed and specious.

              The US used to belong to England too, doesn’t mean that England can ask for it back. I mean, technically, the US was literally stolen by former British citizens from England by force, legally. At least Canada did their country birth and land title/ownership thing the legal way (AFAIK). That’s one hell of a rabbit hole you could go down.

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                7 months ago

                No that’s another completely different rabbit hole. That’s not the same argument or logic at all. Spain isn’t asking for Argentina back. That’s the only comparable situation to what you’re suggesting.

                The comparable logic to what you’re saying would be for America to say that because they won their independence from the British they should now also own Bermuda. That’s the logic you’re using in Argentina claiming the Falklands. Argentina has no claim to the Falklands at all. Neither based on past ownership nor based on citizenship. It’s simply another unrelated territory. Argentina might as well claim they should get Chile by the same logic.

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                  7 months ago

                  That’s not the same argument or logic at all. Spain isn’t asking for Argentina back.

                  That analogy wasn’t about the asking, but about the claim of title and ownership. The asking in and of itself is not the relevant part of the point being made.