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 Eaglecoops  CR3 01 Sep 20 6.01pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Your wasting your time eagleman. The left are all for inclusivity and diversity just as long as it doesn't include patriotism. Some on here have complained that this is a trivial issue and for them it maybe but for many people it isn't so why no respect for our feelings? Kudos for your service to our great country. Sorry to correct you Badger but I reckon that should be our once great country
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| ghosteagle 01 Sep 20 6.02pm |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
There is an entire new generation who don’t understand. It’s also difficult for me to understand the lack of appreciation shown to those who were willing to give their lives whichever war they were in. The modern lefties probably think we should just have rolled over and handed GB to Germany twice and our islands in the Falklands to the Argies. Just to put it in perspective over the Falklands which some see as contentious, does anyone think Spain would give up the Canaries or Portugal give up Madeira? Yes, we should have given back the falklands, i don't think there is any dispute there. Trying to tie the falklands up with ww2 is silly in the extreme, go to the bottom of the class.
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 01 Sep 20 6.06pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Your wasting your time eagleman. The left are all for inclusivity and diversity just as long as it doesn't include patriotism. Some on here have complained that this is a trivial issue and for them it maybe but for many people it isn't so why no respect for our feelings? Kudos for your service to our great country. Thank you Badger & also Eaglecoops, Still, not to worry, its getting near his/hers/toasters bedtime coz 'its' got a paper round in the morning
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| ghosteagle 01 Sep 20 6.08pm |
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Originally posted by eagleman13
Thank you Badger & also Eaglecoops, Still, not to worry, its getting near his/hers/toasters bedtime coz 'its' got a paper round in the morning This is odd, maybe i'm out of touch. Still, pretending that people with a different view are just children must be very comforting for you.
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| Eaglecoops CR3 01 Sep 20 6.12pm |
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Originally posted by ghosteagle
Yes, we should have given back the falklands, i don't think there is any dispute there. Trying to tie the falklands up with ww2 is silly in the extreme, go to the bottom of the class.
Your opinion, not mine. Condescending stupid comments like that not required.
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| ghosteagle 01 Sep 20 6.15pm |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
Your opinion, not mine. Condescending stupid comments like that not required. Yes, my opinion. The condescention was most necessary, drawing a parellel between our dodgy claim to islands on the other side of the world and ww2 needs calling out. C'mon, admit it, even you know that was silly.
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| Stirlingsays 01 Sep 20 6.20pm |
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Originally posted by ghosteagle
Yes, we should have given back the falklands, i don't think there is any dispute there. Trying to tie the falklands up with ww2 is silly in the extreme, go to the bottom of the class.
'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen) |
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| Eaglecoops CR3 01 Sep 20 6.24pm |
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Originally posted by ghosteagle
Yes, my opinion. The condescention was most necessary, drawing a parellel between our dodgy claim to islands on the other side of the world and ww2 needs calling out. C'mon, admit it, even you know that was silly. I’m not tieing the situations together, you are. Wars are wars wherever they are fought and regardless of the circumstances, soldiers understand the patriotic side of stirring songs like Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia. This is what we are talking about, not whether you or I think we should have given our Islands back. Eagleman was saying that you don’t understand how many people feel about those songs because you haven’t served in the forces and more particularly during a time of war and I agree with him. This is not about the moral argument of whether we should have rolled over for the Argentinians.
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| Stirlingsays 01 Sep 20 6.24pm |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
Sorry to correct you Badger but I reckon that should be our once great country Yeah, but isn't that kind of because of people like you?
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| ghosteagle 01 Sep 20 6.25pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Well, given that we were prepared to cede them to agentina in the 60s and that we have a dodgy claim to them anyway, plus they are a drain on the national resource it would have been far better for us to let agentina reassert control. Not worth fighting a war over.
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| Spiderman Horsham 01 Sep 20 6.26pm |
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Originally posted by ghosteagle
Yes, my opinion. The condescention was most necessary, drawing a parellel between our dodgy claim to islands on the other side of the world and ww2 needs calling out. C'mon, admit it, even you know that was silly. The Falkland Islanders are more British than many that inhabit the U.K. why should we have abandoned them?
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| Badger11 Beckenham 01 Sep 20 6.31pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Because that is the right thing to do. Another country invades your territory and you roll over. On a more serious more Honduras was threatening to invade British Belize through out the seventies and eighties and only the presence of our troops stopped them. As for Gibraltar Spain could easily invade if they ever felt we would not defend it. With the exception of Diego Garcia I can't think of one territory that has allegiance to us that does not want to stay British and until they change their minds they deserve our protection. And lets us not forget that it was the military Junta that invaded the Falklands the same Junta that disappeared thousands of their own people who were socialists so you'd think the left would be happy we defeated them and brought democracy to Argentina.
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