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DurnMoose brings to our attention the fact that Canada and Denmark have their collective hackles (now there's a mental image for you) up over the
rock you see here. Each says that it's THEIR 1 square km
rock. Damnit!
You see, said rock is located somewhere north of .... wait for it ... friggin'
Greenland! I believe the term that I read in one
article was "uninhabitable". Nothing lives there. Take a close look ... there's permanent ice on the "coast"!
Yup, that's the destination I want to claim.
It seems that this dispute has been raging for a few decades. But the one time they all sat down to decide, it seems that this little
rock couldn't be decided upon between the countries, so they said "Ahh, we'll decide later." THAT, my reader, was a move of sheer sanity.
So, then, it must of course be undone. We haven't more important matters to attend to.
Bullpucky to the theory that there might be mineral rights below the coast. It's a damn fine
rock on it's own! Read that article I mentioned above and you'll hear an esteemed scientist in some-field-er-another eloquently point out that the countries going to the rock and placing their flags there and declaring it theirs is IMPORTANT! After all, I think he equates this to a dog marking it's territory.
So ... le-see ... I'm a dog (
Magic comes to mind - he's certainly the intellectual peer of the Canadian Defense Minister in this regard) ... I can claim a big arse
rock that's too cold for me to sit/lie/roll-over/lick-meself on, or I can claim the fire hydrant. Hmm....
Magic's no idiot ... it's hydrant time!
