they have been able to choose, the Argied offered them 500 grand each to become Argie I be

lieve. Obviously they turned it down because I understand they're all rich anyway. Basically they're being well rewarded to live there, because if no one wanted to live on godforsaken, windswept islands with no trees, we woudn't be able to stake a claim to them.

This is all about geopolitical power and natural resources. The islands and worth a fortune. It's got nothing to do with the Falklanders at all. They're just pawns

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on February 23rd 2010 at 14:42:45

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hugo chavez having an absolute fit over the uk/argy tiff (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 23, 14:04:49
- He's sort of right in a small way, but for me its not about Empires now, its (General Chat) - megson, Feb 23, 14:19:10
  - to be fair, that's partly because they're all quite wealthy (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 23, 14:23:13
    - Does it matter why? They live their, its their land, so its their choice. (General Chat) - megson, Feb 23, 14:25:44
      - what if some want to be Argentinian? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 23, 14:31:49
        
        take their passports off them (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 23, 14:38:20
        
        Then they should tie them to the cliffs and let the penguins peck at their eyeballs. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Feb 23, 14:37:27
      - thats a lot of theres and theirs (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 23, 14:29:42
        
        There is isn't their? That was not a good post. Live there, of course. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Feb 23, 14:32:51
      - not quite, as they've received massive amounts of public money (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 23, 14:28:32
        
        I'll defer at this point, as I don't ahve the foggiest if they have or not. (General Chat) - megson, Feb 23, 14:37:00
        
        they have been able to choose, the Argied offered them 500 grand each to become Argie I be (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 23, 14:42:45
        
        that doesn't explain Wales though (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 23, 14:46:15
        
        I'm sure if Argentina were to invade Wales, we'd let them have it (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 23, 14:49:44
        
        they make a mint from selling fishing licences (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 23, 14:40:14
        
        and accordiion to the lies on wiki (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 23, 14:42:29
  - sod them (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 23, 14:22:49
- this is fucking great, just as I'm supposed to be moving to Buenos Aires (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 23, 14:18:12
  - hands off our oil argies! (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 23, 14:21:23
    - there'd better be enough oil there to justify spending a billion pounds a day (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 23, 14:24:13
      - there's a few hundred billion barrels there, should keep us going a week or two (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 23, 14:28:43
        
        An estimated 17 billion barrels apparently (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 23, 14:46:03
      - probably be a lot (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 23, 14:27:35
    - we'll have to change the wotb phrase WW2 to FW2 (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Feb 23, 14:22:44
      - only once it becomes old news (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 23, 14:23:22

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