▲ 447 ▼ Falkland's sovereignty 'not up for discussion' Britain warns after new Argentinian president vows to 'get them back' (www.lbc.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 328 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] FireTower@lemmy.world -19 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's why I was careful to choose the word "colonialism" (which is what the comment I replied to was implying) instead of just "colony." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FireTower@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (1 child) My point was the original commenter never said it was an example of colonialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago The original commenter wrote: Having colonies in the year 2023 is ridiculous though, I don’t know why so many comments act like Britain is in the right here in any way whatsoever. If you can't see how that heavily implies colonialism, I don't know what more to tell you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* Okay but these days when someone says colonialism, they typically mean the colonisation of already inhabited lands and the subjugation of natives. It's a pretty loaded word these days. The original commenter has slightly missed the point that there were no previous inhabitants, in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's why I was careful to choose the word "colonialism" (which is what the comment I replied to was implying) instead of just "colony." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FireTower@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (1 child) My point was the original commenter never said it was an example of colonialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago The original commenter wrote: Having colonies in the year 2023 is ridiculous though, I don’t know why so many comments act like Britain is in the right here in any way whatsoever. If you can't see how that heavily implies colonialism, I don't know what more to tell you. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] FireTower@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago (1 child) My point was the original commenter never said it was an example of colonialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago The original commenter wrote: Having colonies in the year 2023 is ridiculous though, I don’t know why so many comments act like Britain is in the right here in any way whatsoever. If you can't see how that heavily implies colonialism, I don't know what more to tell you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago The original commenter wrote: Having colonies in the year 2023 is ridiculous though, I don’t know why so many comments act like Britain is in the right here in any way whatsoever. If you can't see how that heavily implies colonialism, I don't know what more to tell you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 520@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago* Okay but these days when someone says colonialism, they typically mean the colonisation of already inhabited lands and the subjugation of natives. It's a pretty loaded word these days. The original commenter has slightly missed the point that there were no previous inhabitants, in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent