Falkland Islanders to hold referendum over sovereignty

[kentonio]

I thought the President of Argentina was a woman?

[Dr Strangelove]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...y-7973022.html

OoooooOOOoooohhhh, THAT will make those uppity Brits SORRY!

You don't understand. You know that guy in the Dos Equis beer commercials, the "World's Most Interesting Man"? That's the President of Argentina. Well, sorta. He's pretty darn interesting anyway.

[Jon Miller]

I would expect you to make a call?

JM

[Lefty Scaevola]

you mean you don't you have enough wealth and influence, lefty?

Let us just say that I have a limited interest in travelling to the god-forsaken Falklands in order to forge 1,000 write in ballots. Since I am not a sheep-shagger, it is just not worth the effort.

[The Mad Monk]

Would he be Lefty if he did?

[self biased]

The Falklanders should all write in Lord Lefty Scaevola as the sovereign.

you mean you don't you have enough wealth and influence, lefty?

[giblets]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...y-7973022.html

OoooooOOOoooohhhh, THAT will make those uppity Brits SORRY!

They don't even have the balls to actually boycott the Olympics?

[The Mad Monk]

Ben, do you see what you did there?

Stop doing that.

[Ben Kenobi]

A few nuns that were teachers at my catholic grade school. I think they deserved better. It was one of the reasons that I stopped believing that the Church was always right. I figure they couldn't be the only ones. It was always a bit sad to me that the priests were treated so great while the nuns were treated like servants. It's like the church thought the priest's contributions were worth more. Those of us that were students witnessed the nuns doing all the heavy lifting at the school. Now granted those are just my personal observations, but faith is a personal thing.

Couple things here.

When I did RCIA - Rite of Christian Intiation for Adults - I got into an argument with the nun (who hated being one), who taught the class. The argument being that the Christian understanding of woman treated them as equals even as they were different. She argued the usual boilerplate that we shouldn't accept the bible where it conflicts with our 'enlightened understanding!'

This is the problem with you and them, you'd rather jettison what the Church teaches in favor of what you believe. You believe in yourself far more than the Church.

As for Nuns getting the short end of the stick - I don't see that. I see lots of nuns doing terrible damage to the church by doing everything else except what they are supposed to be doing. I know some wonderful nuns who actually enjoy being nuns and they don't believe they are overworked. But oddly enough the ones who are doing what they shouldn't are complaining about being told to do what they ought to do.

[Ben Kenobi]

Pointing out other possible sexist examples doesn't change the fact that the RCC is sexist by not allowing women to be priests.

So because the Catholic church is sexist, means we shouldn't expect more from others?

[kentonio]

Wow, I don't know how we'll be able to lift our heads after this.

[The Mad Monk]

London 2012: Argentina to snub UK by refusing to send president to Olympic Games opening ceremony


Jerome Taylor Tuesday 24 July 2012


London 2012 Olympic Games
Foreign And Commonwealth Office

Argentina has decided not to send its president to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in a diplomatic snub to Britain at a time of growing tensions over the Falkland Islands.

The Foreign Office has boasted that London 2012 will attract more heads of state and foreign dignitaries than any other previous Olympic tournament. But Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be conspicuous only by her absence.

The Argentine embassy in London confirmed to The Independent today that President Fernandez would not be attending at any point during the Games. The spokesman refused to be drawn on whether the decision was a deliberate diplomatic snub to Britain.

Nonetheless Argentina’s first female president has taken an increasingly hard line on the Falkland Islands, which both London and Buenos Aires claim as sovereign territory. The relationship between Britain and Argentina has soured considerably with President Fernandez keen to place pressure on London on what is the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.

Earlier this year the Argentine government produced a provocative advertisement promoting their national team showing athletes training in the Falklands. The advert ran under the strapline: “To compete on English soil, we train on Argentine soil.”

Britain responded angrily to the adverts with prime minister Davod Cameron reportedly having a number of arguments with his Argentine counterpart during last month’s G20 in Mexico.

Argentina, meanwhile, has become increasingly hostile to Falkland islanders, preventing free trade, stopping cruise ships bearing Falkland Islands flags docking in Argentinian ports and preventing flights using its air space.

President Fernandez has however called on Argentina’s athletes to refrain from making any overt political gestures during their time in London, a move which was welcomed by the International Olympic Committee.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/london-2012-argentina-to-snub-uk-by-refusing-to-send-president-to-olympic-games-opening-ceremony-7973022.html

OoooooOOOoooohhhh, THAT will make those uppity Brits SORRY!

[Lefty Scaevola]

The Falklanders should all write in Lord Lefty Scaevola as the sovereign.

[rah]

A few nuns that were teachers at my catholic grade school. I think they deserved better. It was one of the reasons that I stopped believing that the Church was always right. I figure they couldn't be the only ones. It was always a bit sad to me that the priests were treated so great while the nuns were treated like servants. It's like the church thought the priest's contributions were worth more. Those of us that were students witnessed the nuns doing all the heavy lifting at the school. Now granted those are just my personal observations, but faith is a personal thing.

I'm sure Ben will come along and say that nuns are equally treasured by the church, but I always saw differently based on actions.

[DinoDoc]

rah: Who among the Catholic faithful really gives a **** about the fact that women can only be Nuns? I ask out of interest not being Catholic.