Magoya said:And of course, no mentions to the origin of the islands and how the british ended up there.... The point that the british always are sure to ignore and hide behind the supposed "self determination" of the invaders.
This is a incredibly good point. We should always frame contemporary politics based on what happened 200 years earlier.
Although, having said that its perhaps best to gloss over the awkward truth that the nation of Argentina was established on land arbitrarily awarded to the Spanish crown by the pope, and that the glorious founding of said nation involved several decades of genocide against the aboriginal population.
But still, I blame the pirates. Nasty bunch.