David Megginson
@david_megginson@mstdn.ca
Former medieval philologist (Ph.D, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, 1993). Living on unceded Anishinabe Algonquin territory. Header picture: Large reddish-orange letters spelling "Hintonburg", some lying flat on the sidewalk for use as benches. Me: #tea #gardening #classicalGuitar #vegetarian #language #disabled #aviation #flightSim #slideRules #tech #Linux #Ottawa Society: #socialJustice #nonViolence #aid #urbanism #accessibility #transit #standards #FOSS
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I know the narrative, but still don't grok the deep Argentinian obsession with the Falklands/Malvinas: they have never been governed by Argentina, there was no indigenous population at the time of European contact, and in the last referendum, 99.8% of the population voted that they didn't want to join Argentina.
Let's be honest: given its colonial history, it's usually safe to assume that the UK is in the wrong in any geopolitical disagreement outside of Europe. This seems to be the one exception: it isn't colonialism, because there was no one there to be colonised when the European settlers arrived. 🤷
#Argentina #UK #Falklands #Malvinas