treeline
msg:3217844 | 11:16 pm on Jan 12, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Hmmm. How long til their undersea internet cable gets cut?
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LifeinAsia
msg:3217847 | 11:21 pm on Jan 12, 2007 (gmt 0) |
I'd chip in some money for the cutting ceremony.
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Essex_boy
msg:3218518 | 8:26 pm on Jan 13, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Why dont they go to China?
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BigDave
msg:3219484 | 3:48 am on Jan 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
| Hmmm. How long til their undersea internet cable gets cut? |
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Not going to happen. You don't cut telecom services to sovereign nations, no matter how pissed you are at them.
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adamnichols45
msg:3219654 | 11:23 am on Jan 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
I was reading this in National paper at the weekend - 500 million is a lot of dough!
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topr8
msg:3219658 | 11:35 am on Jan 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
>>500 million is a lot of dough! not really, you could have your own laws, absolutely no tax for your companies, 500 million seems cheap.
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rj87uk
msg:3219664 | 11:42 am on Jan 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Sounds like a great plan! Its a cool idea Ive got to give them that!
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adamnichols45
msg:3219730 | 12:59 pm on Jan 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
But if they had 1 terroist on there it would blow the entire thing up! Its tiny...
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rj87uk
msg:3219733 | 1:07 pm on Jan 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Might be good for fishing? lol
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akmac
msg:3219968 | 5:14 pm on Jan 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
If it's a sovereign nation.... wouldn't it be cheaper to just invade? Partially kidding. A self-proclaimed sovereign nation with no military seems a precarious position indeed.
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Matt Probert
msg:3220118 | 7:48 pm on Jan 15, 2007 (gmt 0) |
It *is* a sovereign nation. And yes it has been invaded in the past! I wouldn't recommend buying the island so as to do anything that upsets any of the bullying nations, look what happens when a country elects "the wrong sort of government"! Matt
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gamiziuk
msg:3220734 | 8:15 am on Jan 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
Probably not a good buy. When the oceans rise from global warming, the "island" will be under water! :LOL:
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Fiver
msg:3221300 | 6:59 pm on Jan 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
I believe the 'prince of Sealand' is supposed to be on the hour with George Stroumboulopoulos sometime this week (for our Canadian readers). could be interesting.
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balam
msg:3221347 | 7:56 pm on Jan 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
> A self-proclaimed sovereign nation with no military seems a precarious position indeed. Not so sure about that; look at Costa Rica, for example (especially given the history of the nations around it). > I believe the 'prince of Sealand' is supposed to be on the hour [...] That would be this evening (the 16th)... (Did you see The Woz last night? That man is one cool gentleman!) > with George Stroumboulopoulos Congratulations on attempting - and getting right, I believe - Mr. S's name. I couldn't do it without looking it up!
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Fiver
msg:3221513 | 10:20 pm on Jan 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
| Congratulations on attempting - and getting right |
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oh I had to look it up alright, and stare at it for a while... typing it I was checking back - what? another u? there? ahh godda love my cultural insensitivity training the iWoz is cool, to be sure, in the same way *I* was cool being part of my linux users group in high school... but he really isn't a television personality. I saw him on Colbert and ... well Colbert didn't know what to do with him, most-awkward-guest-appearance-evar.
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ronin
msg:3221627 | 11:58 pm on Jan 16, 2007 (gmt 0) |
I've sailed around Sealand (Rough's Tower) twice on a tiny Beneteau yacht. It's not too difficult to get out to from a Harwich Haven with a mainsail and a genoa as long as the waves are not too choppy. Maybe I could rent out a corner of the place from The Pirate Bay if their bid succeeds. | When the oceans rise from global warming, the "island" will be under water! |
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I doubt it. It stands pretty high out of the North Sea.
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Fiver
msg:3222456 | 4:54 pm on Jan 17, 2007 (gmt 0) |
the 'prince' on the the hour last night addressed the issue of being bought by the pirate bay, and he said they would not be interested in selling to a file-sharing company - basically that it goes against their morals. They only want to sell to someone that has benign intentions. But really, once they transfer ownership they wont have any say about how the 'nation' gets used... and the highest bidding parties interested in such a venture, I'm quite certain, aren't looking for an ocean view, so I don't know how the current owners expect to impose their moral values onto the sale. It's a tiny little place, but who's to say an imperialist world power wouldn't want to buy it, and then build it into a structure capable of supporting military airplanes - all of a sudden it's some sort of Guam of the north Atlantic? I really don't understand how it can be considered a sovereign nation... can anyone build a structure in international waters, assign a flag and coat of arms, and call it a country? Wikipedia says that Sealand's claims of sovereignty are not recognized by any country, but on the show last night it was implied that although British courts claim it to be part of Britain, other courts have disagreed.... heck of a strange situation.
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