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Originally Posted by Osprey
Firstly, the Falklands weren't populated. There was a Spanish outpost there for 2 years before the island changed hands.
Secondly, Gibraltar was given to the UK hundreds of years ago.
Thirdly, since you bring up 'the Rock' and how it is Spanish then why haven't you also mentioned Ceuta ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta) and Melilla ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilla) ?
Where do you stand on the Basques and Catalans then? France and Spain had better hand them over fast.
The point is, it's not all black and white. |
Interesting, never heared of those cases. I guess I am sticking to the point that people living there should decide where and how to live, but I am not a friend of "no compromise, to the last bullet!" attitudes when it is about finding solutions, even if this means compromise. You can't live peaceful for any given time with a "I want 100%" attitude.
But in regards to the rest of your questions, I am not a fan of the national state to begin with, I personally would prefer a federation of regions small enough that they could actually take care of their subjects and local traditions and a governing body setting the framework within to interact with each other. Kinda like the EU without nation states but self governing cities and principalities. Today already towns and people on the german french border have more in common with people on the german polish border, just to give an example for the true reailities of how people interact with each other if you give them the freedom to do so.
In this such questions as yours would not play a role anymore anyways.