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Still the xyz-foreign-community of 3000 people in let'S say Berlin do claim national sovereignity there, but understand that they are in Germany, not let'S say Uganda.
If it were like you say, then it would be making much more sense if people that wish to be British, would not try to live by that practially in South America, but in - guess what? In Britain.  The German state is in Germany, the Argeninian state is in Argentina, but the Brish Island are in the Southern arctic?! They could at least have choosen for the closer polar region, the Northern Arctic! |
The question should not be where the islands are, the passage I quoted shows just that, it is that people of the UK traveled to an uninhabited island (there was another
European settlement there but that is beside the point) and made it their home and wanted to remain subjects of the British Crown. It is the will of the people there that is paramount, when one side strips away that will by unjust force of arms that side loses any right to make claims, at least in
this day and age they do.
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Also, by your logic it seems amazing that India and Austrralia are no longer British colonies. Brits with Briotish passports were living there, and do so until today, or not? And more than just 3000.
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Ah but Australia's head of state is still Queen Elisabeth the 2nd, they have a Governor General (the representative of the crown), their warships are "
Her Majesty's Australian Ship". The same can be said of Canada and New Zealand. They are part of the Commonwealth and the British Crown does technically have executive power over them.
India on the other hand left the Commonwealth along with most of the 3rd world garbage (Ireland excluded).
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I assume for traditionalists it also is a sentimental thing, glory of the good ol' empire and how-sweet-to-die-for-the-Vaterland and all that stuff. Well, I use to talk of cultiural heritage and identity, and lack of that in the EU, myself quite often, don'T I. But just patriotism or even nationalism over a handful of dirt and rock far, far away from one's homeland is not what I am about.
I vaguely remember that some weeks ago there was a report about the first Brit living on the Falklands chosing for Argentinian nationality. But I did not read the essay, just caught the headline.
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There is always that one stupid person, just the other day and US citizen was arrested as a member of Al Qaeda. There are those who just want to rebel against the system: Stick it to "The Man" as we say.