tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225056078657116818.post335146359110553404..comments2023-04-27T13:17:28.693+02:00Comments on TILTING AT WINDMILLS: TWENTY FIVE YEARS ON...SANCHOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11961367278843285235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225056078657116818.post-63493704791334907372010-02-12T18:32:56.073+01:002010-02-12T18:32:56.073+01:00Trouble with that is, CraftyPip, each party has a...Trouble with that is, CraftyPip, each party has a different take on the mutual past- consequently their own agenda for the future is hobbled by their own take on how their future should be compensated.Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225056078657116818.post-69036557847903745592010-02-09T00:12:26.070+01:002010-02-09T00:12:26.070+01:00Without going into too much detail... isn´t it abo...Without going into too much detail... isn´t it about time that the world should be allowed to live in peace without the mindless bickering over border lines set into the history books many generations ago.<br />If each and every country returned all its lands to the so called native origins as based at some proposed point in the past, then we would all be up the creek without the proverbial paddle.<br />The very fabric of law and order,let alone democracy would cease to exist, thus leading ultimately to war.<br />The result would be a change of borders and land control and we would be back where we started with more disputes and disagreements.<br />Gibraltar is as remotely detached from British soil as is Melilla or Ceuta from Spain. <br />Both countries ultimately acquired their territories from the proceeds of war, whether it was conquered or ceded by treaty, and the only difference is the date in history that each occured. <br />If we are going to make progress then we should understand the past, and be looking to the present for our inspiration of the future.CraftyPipnoreply@blogger.com