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Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy
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« on: May 13, 2017, 08:31:09 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2017, 09:38:46 PM »

How would you describe life in Argentina? Are your political views similar to those of most Argentinians? And if not, how and why do they differ?
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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2017, 12:28:51 PM »

Kind of weird question, but a few years ago, the hosts of Top Gear had to leave Argentina after some "Falklands are Argentinian" activists incited a riot to drive them out of Ushuaia. I had no idea that the whole Falklands issue was something people still like to litigate, given how much of the original war was just a "wag the dog" situation to try to distract from the unrest against the junta. How much are the Falklands still an issue in Argentina? Is it just something random ultra-nationalists get worked up about, or is it more mainstream, and still seen as a real possibility that they might one day return to Argentina?
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2017, 01:00:56 PM »

Kind of weird question, but a few years ago, the hosts of Top Gear had to leave Argentina after some "Falklands are Argentinian" activists incited a riot to drive them out of Ushuaia. I had no idea that the whole Falklands issue was something people still like to litigate, given how much of the original war was just a "wag the dog" situation to try to distract from the unrest against the junta. How much are the Falklands still an issue in Argentina? Is it just something random ultra-nationalists get worked up about, or is it more mainstream, and still seen as a real possibility that they might one day return to Argentina?

A lot of people get very emotional over the Falklands and a lot of mainstream (especially kirchnerista) politicians use it as an occasional cry. Most people don't think the islands will become part of Argentina, but there's a lot of pressure on the "symbolic claim".
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