Falkland Islanders to hold referendum over sovereignty

[MichaeltheGreat]

Why would I need to? As a good Catholic (like Ben and everyone in Western Europe in 1494), I believe that the Pope is the infallible representative of God on earth. If he says a part of the world belongs to Spain, then it belongs to Spain.

He said it belonged to Portugal. The Portagees and Spanish sorted it out for themselves, and nobody gave a ****, since claims of untouched land have never been recognized. Keep trying.

[MichaeltheGreat]

you are working now?
ist like 11pm in boston
wtf man

I'm on the left coast, but I'll be working well past 11.

[Sava]

i dont believe portugal is a real country

[Tupac Shakur]

He said it belonged to Portugal.

Sixtus IV did. Alexander VI later said it belonged to Spain.

The Portagees and Spanish sorted it out for themselves, and nobody gave a ****, since claims of untouched land have never been recognized.

No one gave a **** that the British touched the Falklands in 1690, either. The legit claim to the islands starts with the French in 1764.

[Sava]

I'm on the left coast, but I'll be working well past 11.

that sucks
on a sunday too

i wish i would

[MichaeltheGreat]

beautiful enough to mutiny and steal a ship...

Well, Bligh was a good motivator for mutiny. Great seaman and navigator, but piss-poor as a commander. Plus don't forget the loose native women. No more of those once it's abandoned.

[Sava]

you said seaman

[MichaeltheGreat]

Sixtus IV did. Alexander VI later said it belonged to Spain.

So apparently your God changes his mind like a woman in the dressing rooms of Nordstrom?

No one gave a **** that the British touched the Falklands in 1690, either. The legit claim to the islands starts with the French in 1764.

Hardly. The Brithish landing and claim conformed with the admiralty laws of the times. It doesn't matter anyway, because Rosas extinguished the Argie claims in 1850, as several Argie historians have acknowledged. Keep trying.

[Sava]

win

[MichaeltheGreat]

you said seaman

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[Sava]

A IS FOR ARGETINA

[Tupac Shakur]

So apparently your God changes his mind like a woman in the dressing rooms of Nordstrom?

God once sent a ****ing massive flood to murder nearly every one of the beings he created, so is it really surprising that he might change his mind about which country the Falkland Islands belong to?

To his credit, he never once said they belonged to the evil English.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Sorry, if your fictional god doesn't like the Brit claim, then why doesn't he get his ass down here and do something about it? Even the Argies realized that they had no real claim, that's why they gave up in 1850.

[Tupac Shakur]

He almost got his revenge in '84. If only the Ra were a bit better at carrying out the Lord's work...

[MichaeltheGreat]

Much as I'd like to continue playing, Drake, it's getting more and more like (mental) midget-stomping. Fun at first, but the novelty wears off quickly.