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by nl 299 days ago
> The question is why should it happen in the first place?

The OP never indicated if they agreed with the claims or not. They raised it just because it was relevant to the sun setting on the French Empire.
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seszett 298 days ago
> They raised it just because it was relevant to the sun setting on the French Empire.

New Caledonia becoming independent would not have an effect on this though, the sun would still not set on France, as New Amsterdam and Wallis-et-Futuna are close enough to prevent that and very unlikely to leave France in the foreseeable future.

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awesome_dude 298 days ago
That's arse about face.

New Caledonia becoming independent isn't going to cause the French empire to see the sun setting, it's a signal that the French empire is.

The empire losing New Caledonia demonstrates the influence and reach of that empire has waned.

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seszett 297 days ago
I was just trying to provide what I thought was a relevant fact.

As a Frenchman I don't really care about what other people think about French influence.

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awesome_dude 297 days ago
You were deliberately misrepresenting what was said in order to start an argument.
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lmm 298 days ago
Yes and no. They're painting it as somehow legitimate and relevant. If you were seriously just enumerating possibilities then you could equally ask e.g. what if the Spanish decide to invade and reclaim their ancestral homeland?
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awesome_dude 298 days ago
Oh, my bad, I am supposed to mention every example that ever occurred on the face of the planet..

Instead of just showing the (relevant) example that should be watched to see if the sun is setting on the French Empire.

I mean, if you were seriously just enumerating examples you would have included more than 1... right?

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lmm 298 days ago
If you meant the general point that some territories are disputed or revolutions can happen, you could have said them as such. It's pretty clear from your replies that you have an agenda in regard to this specific claim.
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awesome_dude 298 days ago
The only people that have presented an agenda have been the likes of you and that other individual intent on producing slurs in lieu of an argument.

You literally complained that I had only given one example and then did the exact same thing yourself.

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