opposide [none/use name]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-24 years agoUnfun fact: the most fortified border of a European country is actually in Africa, in the Spanish colonial city of Melillahexbear.netimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up10file-text
arrow-up10imageUnfun fact: the most fortified border of a European country is actually in Africa, in the Spanish colonial city of Melillahexbear.netopposide [none/use name]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-24 years agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
Two layers of electrified, barbed wire, with armed guards to keep a colony secure. Colonialism has never actually ended
minus-squareSerLava [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 years agoHilarious how the Spanish are pissed about Gibraltar while having the same fucking thing on the exact other side.
minus-squareopposide [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 years agoDidn’t even think about that
minus-squarecamaron28 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 years agoBecause they are completely different issues. Melilla and Ceuta have been spanish for 500 years and are normal cities. Meanwhile Gibraltar is a tax haven, a resort for old brits and a tool used by Great Britain to dominate the Mediterranean sea.
Hilarious how the Spanish are pissed about Gibraltar while having the same fucking thing on the exact other side.
Didn’t even think about that
Because they are completely different issues. Melilla and Ceuta have been spanish for 500 years and are normal cities.
Meanwhile Gibraltar is a tax haven, a resort for old brits and a tool used by Great Britain to dominate the Mediterranean sea.