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0 pointsWastingMyTime894y ago0 comments

> it handed it over in the peace treaty that ended the war

The fact that it was taken by force in 1701 didn’t magically teleport it from Spain to anywhere where it made sense for it to be part of the UK.

> meanwhile Spain has two enclaves of the exact same type of in Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla

It’s not less shameful.

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as you appear to be some alien from beyond the solar system

on Earth: previously political boundaries were set on the outcome of armed conflicts

Great Britain won the last one against Spain, and gained Gibraltar as a result over 300 years ago

these days we are slightly more enlightened and tend to mainly believe in self-determination

the people living in Gibraltar wish to remain British

giving them up to Spain against their wishes would be an act of imperialism (commonly frowned on in the 21st century)