= Сообщение: 4755 из 12549 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Michiel van der Vlist 2:280/5555 16 Apr 17 14:05:54 Кому : Robert Bashe 16 Apr 17 14:05:54 Тема : Brexit, It giet oan! FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+58f36254 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:2448/44+58f333f0 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP850 ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+a4053186 ============================================================================== Hello Robert,
On Sunday April 16 2017 11:02, you wrote to me:
MV>> Gibraltar is a hot idem here. Today is the third day in a row that MV>> articles were published in "NRC", a major Dutch newspaper. Today MV>> two articles.
RB> Wonder how many there've been since 1713?
RB> "The territory was subsequently ceded to Great Britain "in perpetuity" RB> under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713."
A 300+ year old paper. In today's world it has as much value as the paper it is printed on.
RB> "in perpetuity" means "forever". Maybe that translates in Spanish to RB> "until we can take it back".
Ever so often "forever" does indeed mean just that. Nothing is forever. No matter what it says on paper. Gibraltar was taken from the Spanish by force. They still want it back and so if they see an opportunity to get it back, they will try. And they may succeed, no matter what the Treaty of Utrecht says. Maybe this time Spain will have the better cards. We will see as the game unravels...
RB> The British made the mistake of accepting a 100-year lease on Hong RB> Kong, but maybe that was an oversight.
Maybe that was just realism. The British may have realised that - contrary to the situation with Spain in 1713 - they were not in a position to force China to accept a "perpetual" lease.
