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February 10th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Insult used as file name on picture
- Editor blames it on a ‘dry sense of humour’
- Cameron pledges to defend islands ‘properly’ if required
By
Lee Moran
Last updated at 12:33 AM on 10th February 2012
Argentinians reacted with fury yesterday after the Falkland Islands’ newspaper accidentally called their president a ‘b****’.
The website of the Penguin News ran a photo of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to illustrate a story about her vitriolic speech about the territory.
But anyone who wanted to save the image found that its default file name was ‘b****’.
Angry: Penguin News has enraged Argentina by calling its leader a ‘bitch’ on its website, by using the insult as a file name on a photograph of her
Argentina’s La Nacion newspaper told readers that the word is ‘one of the strongest’ Anglo-Saxon terms of disrespect.
This triggered complaints from Argentinians, many of whom bombarded the email and Twitter accounts of the paper’s editor Lisa Watson with hundreds of foul-mouthed insults.
The photo was renamed and Miss Watson tweeted: ‘Not my aim to cause anger – but PN staff have naughty sense of humour.’
Yesterday she retweeted some of the messages. One read: ‘Invaders mother ******* go home!’ Another said: ‘Putaaaaaaaa.’ (The Spanish word for ‘whore’).
Defender: David Cameron said Argentina should be ‘in no doubt that Britain will defend the Falkland Islands’ against any threat to its people’s right to choose who rules them
David Cameron today said Argentina
should be ‘in no doubt that Britain will defend the Falkland Islands
properly’ against any threat to its people’s right to choose who is
their ruler.
The Prime Minister spoke after
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said she would make a
formal complaint to the United Nations over the disputed archipelago.
It
also came as the islands’ Penguin News enraged Argentina by calling its
leader a ‘bitch’ on its website, by using the insult as a file name on a
photograph of her.
The paper’s editor Lisa Watson quickly
received a torrent of complaints and abuse from Argentines on Twitter
and in its daily newspaper La Nacion before it was removed.
Mistake: Penguin News editor Lisa Watson was alerted to the insult via Twitter, and promptly removed it
Lisa Watson, who edits the weekly
Penguin News paper which is sold to the 3,000 islanders, was alerted to
the online insult by an Argentinian.
She said it had been placed there by a colleague with ‘dry humour’ and it was soon removed.
She
also revealed she regularly receives abusive messages and said: ‘I
receive threats and insults via our work email address and on Twitter.
‘The
threats I try not to take seriously, particularly as the individuals
tend to sign their name and even offer ‘besos’ (kisses) after claiming
they are coming to the Falklands and their first task will be to kill
me.
‘Mainly I am referred to as a prostitute, liar, thief and pirate, other words I really wouldn’t like to mention.’
Tensions between Argentina and
Britain have risen as Buenos Aires revives its long-standing claim to
sovereignty over the islands, which it calls Las Malvinas.
It is almost 30 years since the 1982 war between the countries approaches.
Prepared: Prince William gets ready for his sorties by familiarising himself with the topography of the Islands
Speaking
during a visit to Sweden, Mr Cameron said he had no doubt that the UN
would back the islands’ status as a self-governing British overseas
territory.
He said: ‘I
think Argentina will find, when she goes to the United Nations, that it
is absolutely a part of the UN charter to support self-determination and
the people of the Falkland Islands want to maintain their status, their
connection to the UK.
‘What we’ve said is absolutely clear
and right under the UN, which is to say that as long as the people of
the Falkland Islands want to maintain that status, we will make sure
they do and we will defend the Falkland Islands properly to make sure
that’s the case.’
He said the UK Government’s stance ‘should not leave anyone in any doubt about our support’ for the Falklanders.
Ms Kirchner used a speech to Falklands War veterans on Tuesday to accuse Britain of ‘militarising’ the south Atlantic.
She
cited the recent posting of the Duke of Cambridge to the Falklands as
an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot, along with the announcement
that the modern warship HMS Dauntless is to be sent to the region to
replace the frigate HMS Montrose.
Ms Kirchner said it was difficult to
see how ‘the sending of an immense and modern destroyer accompanied by
the royal heir, who we would have liked to see in civilian clothes and
not in military uniform’ was not a show of purposeful military strength
by the UK.
She said: ‘I
have instructed our chancellor to present formally to the Security
Council of the United Nations and before the General Assembly of the
United Nations this militarisation of the south Atlantic which implies a
great risk for international security.’
Downing Street yesterday said it was a matter for Argentina what issues it wishes to raise at the UN.
A spokeswoman said: ‘The people of the Falklands choose to be British. Their right to self-determination is a principle enshrined in the UN charter.
‘The Falklands are already discussed by a UN committee and it is up to the Argentines to decide whether they are going to raise it at the UN.
‘The fact is that one of the key principles of the UN charter is self-determination. That is what we are talking about in relation to the Falkland Islands.’
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Ultimatum… Either back off or we’ll burn Carlos Tevez ha
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Sounds like a good rag to me.
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to MARK FROM MANCHESTER : SORRY , I MADE A MISTAKE , I MEANT THERE S NO NO CHANCE OF A WAR.
– daniel duerto, adrogue-argentina, 10/02/2012 01:37
You seem to make a lot of mistakes you argies and still you fail to learn by them.
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IF YOU RETURN THE ISLANDS WE SEND YOU …THE HAND OF GOD !!!! IS IT WORTH ?
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I have a picture of her on my mantlepiece…….stops the kids playing near the fireplace.
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Monica London: We gave back Hong Kong to China because that was the terms of the lease we had with them, that’s why it was handed back.
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CRISTINA IS THROWING A SMOKE CURTAIN TO COVER ECONOMIC TROUBLES THAT APPEAR ON THE HORIZON, LIKE ALL GOVERMENTS DID SINCE……I CANT REMEMBER- WE DONT HAVE ARM FORCES, WE HAVENT BOUGHT NEW WEAPONS, SHIPS, PLANES AFTER1982, SO…. ALL THIS ARE FIREWORKS
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The Argentinians should call Cameron’s bluff and declare independence. If they want to be ruled by themselves, what would he do then? Be interesting to see how that panned out with the world gunning for the off-shore oil near the islands.
– Will, London, 9/2/2012 21:48 What a load of mixed up twaddle and rubbish, Will of London! How the blazes can the Argentinians declare independence on the Falklands when they are not the sovereign nation, you dope? The islands are British and want to stay British. They suffered 74 days of Argentinian abuse in 1982 and the islanders don’t want a repeat. As for your reference to off shore oil what the blazes does comment mean? Utter rubbish!
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I think yous will find a better answer to your question,”why is the falklands worth fighting for”,a little further south,for deep in the perma frost and million years old fresh water lakes below sea level,lies the true prize….Research it. Our wonerfull falklands gives us a jumping platform,check it out Argentina already know as do russia and the germans,what you see is not what you get!.
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Well, if the picture fits…..
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