• Argentines burn tyres and Union Jack at anti-British protest
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[release] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpEB060bj7s#![/media] Activists held an anti-British demonstration and burned tyres and a Union Jack flag outside the gates of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline near Buenos Aires as tensions between Argentina and Britain rise over the disputed Falkland Islands. Members of the far-left Bolivarian Quebracho group marched to the GSK campus in the Victoria suburb of Buenos Aires with their faces covered in their signature scarves and carrying banners and chanting slogans denouncing the British presence on the South Atlantic islands known in Argentina as Las Malvinas. The demonstrators piled tyres outside the gates to the laboratory and set them ablaze. The activists burned the Union Jack as they sang pro-Malvinas protest songs. They spray painted parts of the gate and hurled paint balls at the security station on the campus shattering its windows. Long-standing diplomatic tensions over the islands have bubbled up in recent months as the 30-year anniversary of the war approaches in April. Argentina has been angered by oil exploration in the Falklands by British companies and Britain's decision to send one of its most sophisticated warships on patrol in the area. The two countries fought a 10-week war over the Falkland Islands in 1982 after Argentina invaded the South Atlantic islands. London has refused to start talks on sovereignty with Buenos Aires unless the 3,000 islanders want them.[/release] [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9087855/Argentines-burn-tyres-and-Union-Jack-at-anti-British-protest.html?[/url] Fucking really? Aren't their anus sore enough?
Oh no not our precious tyres.
We're not America guys you need to burn the Queen to get us mad.
That is not how you're meant to burn rubber.
In the end it's their money they're wasting.
If they want the Falklands back then why don't they just start a military conflict over it.
Stirring up nationalism! Making people ignore the economy since 1976
Those poor tires, I hope the maker gets compensation for it. Maybe we should send some cookies to him, I can fit a lot of those in my car's trunk.
They should dump some tea in the water.
That is really not the right way to get someone to give you a slice of their land It's like when someone hounds you until you give them a game on Steam, but they constantly call you a faggot. It's just counter-productive.
If I'm honest that is the worst attempt at a British flag I've ever seen.
Featured in this video: Argentina's armed forces sporting their latest weaponry
Oh god, the horror. The horror...
I'd find it interesting if there's anyone from Argentina on facepunch and to hear their angle on this. Sure there are these protests and stuff, but how blown up are they and what is the general public view on this? Does it anger most Argentinians or are the majority really not that bothered either way?
Fear the stick! Fear the bottle! Fear the tyres! Fear Argentina's special forces!
[QUOTE=Doozle;34739596]I'd find it interesting if there's anyone from Argentina on facepunch and to hear their angle on this. Sure there are these protests and stuff, but how blown up are they and what is the general public view on this? Does it anger most Argentinians or are the majority really not that bothered either way?[/QUOTE] I know there is at least one Argentinian on here who agrees with the British. He has my respect.
I don't particularly see what this acheives. I don't really see GSK at the last bastion of britishness in Argentina.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;34739294]Those poor tires, I hope the maker gets compensation for it. Maybe we should send some [B]biscuits[/B] to him, I can fit a lot of those in my car's trunk.[/QUOTE] Fixed gottamit we're british
No send a few kegs of Bombadier.
I can't see why the Falklanders don't want to be part of this.
[QUOTE=David29;34739624]I know there is at least one Argentinian on here who agrees with the British. He has my respect.[/QUOTE] I believe the Argentinian citizenry care for this about as much as we do. So I guess these guys are "extremist nationalists".
Just watched the video. I don't know what flag they were burning but that was [b]not[/b] the British flag.
[QUOTE=Jackald;34739668]Like we are. We're not Americans. If you burn our flag we'll just make snide remarks about what a piss poor excuse it is for a flag...[/QUOTE] You're getting upset because I commented on how the flag they were using was shite? If they're going to try and make a point about something, they should really try to do it properly.
those poor suffering tyres just give them the island! MAKE IT STOP
[QUOTE=David29;34739662]Just watched the video. I don't know what flag they were burning but that was [b]not[/b] the British flag.[/QUOTE] it looked like it was made in china
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;34739638]No send a few kegs of Bombadier.[/QUOTE] Bang on!
[QUOTE=Jackald;34739766]What? That's exactly what I said: instead of being all offended and going "THEM FREEDOM HATING SCUM", we just laugh it off and talk about how shit their flag is. The point i'm making is that we're not getting upset at all but are being quite relaxed about it, whereas certain other more nationalistic countries might be more perturbed by it.[/QUOTE] Apologies. Misunderstood your post - thought you were complaining about it rather than just commenting.
Guys I havent really been following world history in the last 200 years but when exactly did the british become yankees? Edit: For those who havent seen the videos (who rated me dumb) one of the guys starts calls them yankees a term that is used for describing americans...
as a chilian, i hate argentina. They stole us territories when we were at war with 2 different countries. Fuck them in the ass.
[QUOTE=Doozle;34739596]I'd find it interesting if there's anyone from Argentina on facepunch and to hear their angle on this. Sure there are these protests and stuff, but how blown up are they and what is the general public view on this? Does it anger most Argentinians or are the majority really not that bothered either way?[/QUOTE] Most of us agree that the Falklands belong to Argentina. Personally, I think it was a war to divert attention from the economic crisis and the civil unrest against the dictatorship (Wich killed thousands people and comitted human right violations) The British have been there since the 1700's and most of the islanders consider themselves British.
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