Tenerife Forum - View Single Post - Should the Canary Islands be independent?

doreen · 5th September 2008, 08:53

Good to see you back here, leafar

I know little about the movement for Canarian Independence, except the fact that it was a bomb warning in Las Palmas airport that rerouted the second 747 to Tenerife North which was later involved in that awful accident ... and that probably highlights the main problem with "freedom fighters" and nationalists - a seeming indifference to the fate of others, be they innocent bystanders or opponents.

I can´t see how independence would be of any benefit to the islands - normally, it is an asset rich area like the Basque country or Catalonia (or Scotland) that sees holding on to their own riches (oil, coal etc) as their right ... what, bar sunshine, is there here to protect ?

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doreen Super Tenerifian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Adeje Gender: Posts: 1,493 My Mood:	Good to see you back here, leafar I know little about the movement for Canarian Independence, except the fact that it was a bomb warning in Las Palmas airport that rerouted the second 747 to Tenerife North which was later involved in that awful accident ... and that probably highlights the main problem with "freedom fighters" and nationalists - a seeming indifference to the fate of others, be they innocent bystanders or opponents. I can´t see how independence would be of any benefit to the islands - normally, it is an asset rich area like the Basque country or Catalonia (or Scotland) that sees holding on to their own riches (oil, coal etc) as their right ... what, bar sunshine, is there here to protect ?