Time To Stop Pussy Footing About?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24769908
Why didn't the navy just blow these idiots out of the water?

[Zeuhl]

/Right so you would give the rock back to spain against the wished of its inhabitants then steve, I see! /

T3

I don't think the recall of a Royal Navy ship would equate to giving up Gibraltar

[youngmafbog]

Steve.5 I am NOT and will likely never be; your friend.

And if you bothered to read news reports you too would know what they want. And it is not to be Spanish. If the majority of inhabitants do wish to return to Spain ( from the 18 century it would seem odd ) then so be it, return it. But until then no it remains British, just the same as the Faulklands.

It has nothing to do with being colonial, that is simply the ranting of the anti British brigade such as yourself.

[ToraToraTora]

No but "flump off to Britain" seems to imply the generaly belief that we should leave it to the Spanish, or did I misunderstand?

[youngmafbog]

No you didnt mis understand TTT

//flump off back to Britain// by no means implies retreat of a Naval ship into the Gibraltar harbour (which is British territory).

[Zeuhl]

With respect T3 I think you misunderstood

steve's 'flumping back' was a riposte to your 'kow towing' which was clearly referring to the navy not the Gibraltarians

/So you think the Navy should kow tow to these bullies then steve.5/

[Zeuhl]

YMB

and (with equal respect) you have totally lost the plot ... :-)

[Peter Pedant]

jno.... I thought some of your output was quite. ..... poetic

and certainly nineteenth century

[rosamundjohn]

Mal vale no hacker nada

[mikey4444]

Thats a good idea TTT...lets start another war against Spain !

[rosamundjohn]

No taxes to Spanish gov in Gibraltar...

[Peter Pedant]

rosie was that hacker as in Jim Hacker or.... hacer ?

[ToraToraTora]

They would be starting it Mikey. Why do our right on friends always side with our enemies?

[Zeuhl]

^
I think this might mark the 'starting point' of any war T3

/why didn't the navy just blow these idiots out of the water? /

who fired the first shot and all that

not so much 'right on' as, right and proper

[mikey4444]

Drivel TTT...I'm not sure what this phrase "right on" that your continually mention actually means. but going to war with another country is a serious escalation of events. Do you seriously suggest that one EU state would go to war with another ?

I will repeat, what you have suggested in your original post is drivel, and dangerous drivel at that. Some people on here don't agree with you everytime...get used to it !

[boxtops]

So - this was a reasonably serious OP, and has degenerated into ABers slagging each other off. It's not a pretty sight.

[jno]

a "reasonably serious OP" suggesting war on Spain? Hm.

[mikey4444]

I am with you here jno...suggesting that we "blow the idiots out of the water" is something that I would expect my young nephew to come out with, although boxy is partly right....it is deeply disappointing that these discussions about serious subjects should end up as slanging matches.

[boxtops]

well, yes - it's not a sensible proposal - but the article itself is worthy of discussion.

[mikey4444]

Of course boxy...goes without saying !