• Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    So the people that have inhabited the island for generations get no say?

    I never said that. Just that a vote is not the only criteria on what is legal ownership or not.

    You keep comparing this to russia and ukraine

    When you say that one vote makes ownership legit/right, then another vote in another place (Ukraine) should too, which it doesn’t, because obviously one country invading another can’t be legally/ethically handwaved away by a region population vote.

    That bolsters my point, that voting alone does not make an ownership.

    are you feeling alright?

    No need to be rude, and try and kill the messenger.

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      9 months ago

      The principle of self determination is in the UN charter that you keep erroneously saying suggests the UK should hand over the islands because of.

      The other side of the coin of self determination is having the force to ensure that. Britain holds the ground, the people there want this to continue, and Argentina lacks the capability to force this to change.

      I am not being deliberately obtuse but its hard when its clear you have no clue what you are talking about. This thread is full of people telling you this but you just keep repeating the same nonsense.

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        9 months ago

        The other side of the coin of self determination is having the force to ensure that. Britain holds the ground

        Russian holds the ground in parts of Ukraine, does that mean Russia should keep said land?

        Does the Israeli settlements in the occupied lands make the land Israeli land?

        Ownership is not going to be decided by us here, but to say that one country can just put their people there so the land is theirs now doesn’t make it legally so.

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          Sure what I said sounds like that, if you ignore the first half of the comment you are replying to.

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            9 months ago

            Sure what I said sounds like that, if you ignore the first half of the comment you are replying to.

            Here’s the first and only sentence before the sentence I replied to …

            The principle of self determination is in the UN charter that you keep erroneously saying suggests the UK should hand over the islands because of.

            That has nothing to do with the questions I asked …

            The other side of the coin of self determination is having the force to ensure that. Britain holds the ground

            Russian holds the ground in parts of Ukraine, does that mean Russia should keep said land?

            Does the Israeli settlements in the occupied lands make the land Israeli land?

            I was asking specifically about your statement about “Britain holds the ground”.

            My point is just holding the ground is not enough to legally/ethically claim the land, especially if you’ve kicked out the people on said land that used to be there.