Overseas territories and disputed territories
By maximax8
@maximax8 (31042)
United Kingdom
March 2, 2011 9:28am CST
On my travels I have been to some overseas territories like French Polynesia which is an overseas department of France and the Cook Islands which belongs to New Zealand. When I was in Israel I went over to the West Bank to see Bethlehem. It is terrible when one particular country fights over an island. An example of this would be the Falkland Islands and England and Argentina both wanted it. What do you think when a country breaks up like Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia? North and South Korea are certainly very different places. What do you think about overseas territories? I am trying to be sensitive when discussing disputed territories.
5 responses
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
3 Mar 11
The only external territory that I have ever visited was last year when I went to Norfolk Island. Norfolk Island is between Tahiti, Australia and New Zealand and is a fantastic little island. Part of Australia, they are however self governed and tax free. They do come under some control from the NSW government though. They are peacefully trying to remove themselves from the Australian control and would like to be a totally autonomous as a stand alone country. They were promised this by the English in the 1800's but it never happened. Then when Australia was set free as an independent nation in 1901, Norfolk Island "came as part of the package!"
@peavey (16936)
• United States
2 Mar 11
I suspect that we will always have disputed territories and broken cities because of wars and politics. I sympathize with the families that are sometimes torn apart in these things, though. Even if they're not separated by force, breaking a country up still changes things.
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
2 Mar 11
This discussion is very difficult to answer. It seems that mankind will never learn to live in peace with each other. I remember some years ago, when governments of Chile and Argentina were mad at each other. I have come to the conclusion that they do that to take the citizens´ eye from other issues. At that time, there was an interview to a chilean lady who lived in the frontier and had married an argentinien. She said: "I have 2 children. One was born in Chile and the other in Argentina. I could not say which one I love more". I think that what that lady (without much scholar knowledge)said shows a wisdom that the high authorities should learn.
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
2 Mar 11
This discussion is very difficult to answer. It seems that mankind will never learn to live in peace with each other. I remember some years ago, when governments of Chile and Argentina were mad at each other. I have come to the conclusion that they do that to take the citizens´ eye from other issues. At that time, there was an interview to a chilean lady who lived in the frontier and had married an argentinien. She said: "I have 2 children. One was born in Chile and the other in Argentina. I could not say which one I love more". I think that what that lady (without much scholar knowledge)said shows a wisdom that the high authorities should learn.
