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@ThatchEffendi Tbf they do have a pretty distinct look to them and they were a sizeable element of Italian soft power in the decade before or so.

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@Menkvi Kinda makes sense that the occupation was disorderly without being cruel (with a few exceptions) when it’s being undertaken by a repressive state with widespread inter service rivalry, an interest in looking like a gracious occupier but with hopeless logistics.

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@Menkvi To an extent, seems to have varied depending on who they spoke to, vaguely remember an anecdote from an islander whose chickens had been killed by soldiers turned to the marines, as the inter service rivalry made them more willing to step in.

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@Menkvi The impression I’ve had of the occupation is a of officers who variably tried to ingratiate themselves with the islanders but were cruel and uncaring to their own troops, whilst the lower ranks were poorly disciplined, with minimal respect for the islanders or their property

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@Menkvi They did at least relieve and remove the intensely anglophobic Irish-descended chief of police, after repeatedly threatening islanders, sending several on mock death-flights and advocating for a “final solution” of the populace.

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@Miyhnea Reminds me of this British news segment immediately after the Argentine surrender and they discover the masses of rubbish and human waste that littered Port Stanley and the reporter says that he isn’t sure that the Argentines sold their way of life to the islanders.

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@GrenadaLoyalist @Dr_W_E_Bulmer In fairness it’s difficult to miss when it’s right alongside the city gate as you walk through, I thought it looked fine in person, but the chamber is pretty awful.

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@nikicaga It’s happened a few times in recent decades, it was also required until 100 years ago when an MP was appointed as a minister

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@Itsmeyaboiskin4 @duo_mobile @SenatorLuma IIRC it’s because his surname sounded like Kemal, so he was nicknamed after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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@ThatchEffendi Great, you’ve made Ali Shariati cry

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@ThatchEffendi This wouldn’t happen to be a reference to a particular 80s British cult film?

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@jakonian Tbf the French used to make rioting look like a rather well dressed affair

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@Miyhnea Also fitting that it should be playing on the 64th anniversary to the day of Eichmann’s execution

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@Miyhnea There’s also Orange Order music iirc

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@jakonian Extremely late-boomer/gen-x vibes

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@ClippedHussar Yeah, it’s all a bit desperate really

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@TNOQuoProQuid Genuinely surprised there’s no Mike Love zombie Beach Boys

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@ClippedHussar He is on the board iirc, just not leading the Gaza bit

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@jakonian Oh ok, Democratic Centre; National Union Party, National and Democratic Union for the centre right party