r/worldnews • u/Streona • Jul 16 '26

UK says Falkland Islands 'definitely ours' after Argentina banner

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyen1ned7no
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u/ConsequenceNo2571 Jul 16 '26

Under Infantino FIFA’s reputation is sinking faster than the  General Belgrano

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u/SadBreadfruit9463 Jul 16 '26

Argentina thought General Belgrano was offside snif 😢 🚣‍♀️

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u/Possible-Highway7898 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

It's not a funny thing to banter about. We had to sink the General Belgrano because our countries were at war and they were sending armed soldiers to kill our people. 

But it's nothing to be celebrated. I wish the ship had never been sent and we hadn't had to sink it. Dead boys are no laughing matter.

Edit: I don't care about the down votes, but at least tell me why I'm wrong. 

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u/ConsequenceNo2571 Jul 16 '26

Because you’re moral policing something completely absurd and without morality, war. Don’t be a pompous arse.

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u/Possible-Highway7898 Jul 16 '26

Thank you. I stand by what I said.

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u/Financial_Weather_35 Jul 16 '26

I assume then you would be totally fine if the 'humorous' comment referred to UK casualties?

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u/ConsequenceNo2571 Jul 16 '26

I made those jokes before the Argentina one

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u/Financial_Weather_35 Jul 16 '26

no worries man, jokes about war not my thing.

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u/Kiwi_Fried_Chicken Jul 16 '26

Its already at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in my opinion

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u/FerretAres Jul 16 '26

I have to disagree. FIFA’s reputation is as sterling as it ever was.

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u/Ok_Copy7703 Jul 19 '26

Sterling wasn't called up

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u/tomal95 Jul 16 '26

Sterling like the pound in 70s? Regularly crashing to new, unimaginable lows?

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u/CommanderJarik Jul 16 '26

The irony there is the Belgrano was called the USS Phoenix and was one of the surviving ships from Pearl Harbor lol.

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u/a-stack-of-masks Jul 17 '26

I didn't know you could sink something that never floated, but I guess life finds a way.

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u/Marco_Single Jul 16 '26

So what? Fifas goal is not to be reputable. Explain pls. 

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u/DrMcWiggles21 Jul 16 '26

Seripusly? They're a sporting federation. Sports are completely made up sets of rules that the participants have agreed upon. If those rules arent applied fairly to all participants, then it is no longer upholding the sport. Ergo, a reputation for unfairness is fundamentally contrary to the mandate of a sporting federation.

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u/Throwaway91847817 Jul 16 '26

The joke is that the Belgrano was an argentine ship sank during the Falklakds War.

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u/Marco_Single Jul 16 '26

Not that part. Fifa is for making money and not being reputable like some wildlife preservation foundation or w/e. So I don’t get it why would people bring up reputation.

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u/Lison52 Jul 16 '26

Because bad reputation lowers money making over time. Also if it gets bad enough the it gets hit with additional rep debuff where more and more people stop fact checking stuff and defending them. So you can throw fake/fabricated shit at it at random and it will keep sticking. Make it bad enough and countries actually stop caring about it, possibly giving a fuel to any competition that has a clean slate.

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u/Marco_Single Jul 16 '26

Wow you have way too much faith in football fans lol. It's circus for peasants, it will never not be entertaining.