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Originally Posted by Schone23666
The Argentinians claim on the Falklands is flimsy at best from a pure legal sense, there is no original ethnic group that is claiming ownership of the Falklands, and the 3,000 current Falkland Islanders, who sadly appear to have been largely overlooked by most worldwide media have vocally stated their desire to remain an independent territory of the United Kingdom.
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I think the Australian media is far from perfect but I keep hearing points like these, especially from American posters on this forum, referring to the worldwide media (or perhaps by that they really mean American media with a worldwide reach) overlooking important points in stories like these.
The Australian media, in its reporting on the occasional Argentinian chest-beating and flag-waving over the Falklands issue, has consistently pointed out that the Falklanders have no interest whatsoever in being ruled by Argentina. And for me that is the most important point in the whole debate. If the overwhelming majority of Falklanders want to remain a self-governing territory of Britain then that is how they should remain, and Argentina can just back the f*ck up.
And that Sean Penn has taken up Argentina's cause in this issue? It strikes me as really odd. I'm not a big fan of Penn's work in film (some of his roles have been ok) but I have always had the impression that he's a fairly intelligent, well informed kind of guy. Why the hell has he taken this stance over the Falklands issue? Of course he's entirely entitled to have his own opinion on the matter, but why is he going out of his way to back Argentina in this in the media? It confuses me.
