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C6 - Wednesday, April 7, 1982 - North Shore News

Marching to the Malvinas

Or, frolicking in the Falklands

For the past few weeks,
items have been appearing in
the daily papers about a
small group of islands in the
South Atlantic off the coast
of Argentina. Known as the
Falklands Islands to the
British (who have been in
possession since 1833) and
the Malvinas to the
Argentines (who have been
crying, “foul” since 1833)
they are now a war zone.

Just goes to show that
when kids have nothing
better to do they'll get into
mischief!

If you have any notion
about the Falkland Islands
(sorry — Malvinas) being a
South Sea island paradise,
forget it. A more bleak
version of paradise would be
hard to imagine. Think
Alcatraz and you'll be on the
right track.

I visited Port Stanley a few
years ago purely by ac-
cident. The ship 1 was on
was bound for Cape Horn
and that’s what I wanted to

see. A note in small print at
the bottom of the brochure

trayel-
wise

by Barbara
McCreadie

(in Portuguese, yet) said,
“Islands Malvinas, weather

permitting”.

So, the weather permitted
— more or less — and there
we were. Port Stanley wasn't
prepared for eight hundred
Argentines and me.

We ambled along the tiny
main street at a forty-five
degree angle, bracing into
the wind. Everyone walks
that way down there.
Craving souvenirs, the
passengers flocked into the
few small shops, arguing
loudly with the proprietors
over the value of pounds and
pence. I stood well back
until the lull and then asked,
in English, the price of a
small tray. The shopkeeper
looked at me in_ horror.
“You're English!”

“No, Canadian.”

“How did you get in with
THAT lot, then?” His scorn
for Argentines was un-
mistakable. To emphasize
his dislike, he refused to sell
to anyone who didn't speak
English even though he
proved that he could speak

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perfect Spanish by throwing
excess customers out the
door.

English? Port Stanley is
more British than Picadilly,
even to the pub and the
dartboard. Children are
schooled on the islands in
the primary grades and then
sent to England or Buenos
Aires to complete their
education. It’s a sad fate for
the ones who must go to
B.A. instead of “home”

Off-shore oil is touted as
the reason for the hostilities
between the British and the
Argentines over. the

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Falklands. I don’t believe a
word of it.

The average Argentine
doesn't care a damn about
oil but it raises his national
pride that Britain owns one
rock of what he considers
part of his country. The
British, in turn, believe that

No Muss, No Fuss

to let go of the islands would
be a disgrace. Pesos in Port
Stanley? Never!

At a time when Britain's
pride is taking a beating on
the home front, I wouldn't
want to be an Argentine
soldier keeping the flag in
the Falklands.

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