Annexation  So what exactly is wrong with the word  Oh a larger country adsorbing a smaller one against the wishes of its inhabitants is bad Yes it is Should we use nice words to describe rapists because it is a pejorative term and might offend them  The sentence describes how the Gibraltarians see the Spanish claim to the territory of Gibraltar those who do not live in Gibraltar may not understand how it is perceived but its a legitimate and widely held view and its not a matter for people to tell others what their opinion should be but simply to record it  IF people in Iceland believed the world was flat it would be reasonable to mention it as the Gibraltarians believe that Spains recovery of Gibraltar amounts to annexation then its equally valid to state that