tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301093450915806490.post8125100955626001099..comments2023-07-01T04:59:49.987-07:00Comments on Dr Jorge's blog: Toleration and the FalklandsDr Jorge Emilio Núñezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092598013865165615noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301093450915806490.post-85978666927630253752013-02-08T03:43:58.088-08:002013-02-08T03:43:58.088-08:00Hi Ted,
Thank you for your comment. Firstly, to ma...Hi Ted,<br />Thank you for your comment. Firstly, to make clear once again that the only intention of these posts is to have an open floor for discussion, hence that's why I don't give an opinion. Secondly, and now that yo mentioned recent events that have to do both with Falklands and this particular post, I can only AGREE with you.<br />When I refer to toleration or tolerance, I am talking about the three parties, namely Argentina, the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands. <br />It is mora than clear now (if there was any doubt at all) that the Falkland islanders are willing to have an open discussion. <br />With them, the current government in the United Kingdom supports the same idea, with one and only one condition: to invite the Falkland islanders to any meeting in relation to the islands. Both Cameron and Hague have made it clear a number of times both in verbally and in writing. <br />In relation to Argentina, I'd divide the issue. Argentineans are more than ever open to dialogue. The current government is not. I'll focus on the latter. There can be man valid or arguable reasons for this: internal affairs, international relations, finance, and so on. However, to base the rejection upon the non existence of the Falkland islanders is simply being intolerant. There is no other possible interpretation. If any representative wanted to look for a worse argument to defend Argentina's position, I doubt they could have found one.<br />Toleration is the minimum value or attitude we all need to discuss anything. As I made it clear in this post, to tolerate implies accepting at least the existence of that one I'm tolerating. Therefore, one thing is to say I'm not happy with you "existing next to me" and another quite different is simply to tell you: "you don't exist". If I wanted to be politically correct (or naive), I'd see statement as a mistake or something childish. But, the same statement coming from who is supposed to lead the Foreign Affairs of a democratic and sovereign State can only be understood as intolerant and hence completely opposed to international values and principles.<br />Indeed, the Falklands islanders, their representatives, the government of the United Kingdom, the Britons have been tolerant. And that is exemplar. All of us should be aiming higher, not lower. Therefore, the only response an intolerant behaviour deserves is a tolerant contemplation. Never let yourself be brought down to a lower level, that's the lesson the United Kingdom as a whole and the Falklands islanders in particular have to show and are showing.Dr Jorge Emilio Núñezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092598013865165615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301093450915806490.post-26819676105357485892013-02-07T05:45:46.121-08:002013-02-07T05:45:46.121-08:00Do we tolerate Argentina’s Foreign Minister, Hecto...Do we tolerate Argentina’s Foreign Minister, Hector Timerman visiting this country and making statements such as the ones quoted below? the answer is that in this country, yes <br />we do.<br /><br />Yesterday Hector Timerman speaking at a news conference said this “The Falklands islanders do not exist. What exists is British citizens who live in the Islas Malvinas."<br /><br />Hector Timerman and C.F.K have in the past said that they want a dialogue with the British Government on the issue of the Falkland Islands, C.F.K quotes John Lennon at us "All we are saying is give peace a chance" she says, and then goes on to say that "Its good to talk" but Hector at a meeting of the all-party UK/Argentina group with British MPs said this “The self-determination referendum doesn’t apply to the Malvinas. It is not a colonised people, it is a colonised territory,.. It is not a matter for negotiation." <br /><br />Two faced and intolerant as this kind of talk may be, we tolerated it, and we tolerated him ! but I do wonder what the reaction would be in Argentina if William Hague were to visit there and make similar daft utterances ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559153673230151140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301093450915806490.post-9190265830525348462013-02-07T05:22:34.920-08:002013-02-07T05:22:34.920-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559153673230151140noreply@blogger.com