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Schoolyard Diplomacy
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| Subey |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4715245.stm
| quote: | | The dispute started in 1973 |
| quote: | | In 1984, a Danish minister, Tom Hoeyem, caused a stir when he visited the island and raised the Danish flag. |
| quote: | | Canadian troops landed on the island a week before Mr Graham's visit, planted a Canadian flag and built an Inuit stone marker. |
Have we not evolved past the point where "talking" to people is a prefered route of diplomacy than sending ministers out and planting flags?
If Canada and Denmark, two "civilised", and "advanced" western nations think this approach makes sense, what chance does the world really have...
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| trancaholic |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subey
Have we not evolved past the point where "talking" to people is a prefered route of diplomacy than sending ministers out and planting flags?
If Canada and Denmark, two "civilised", and "advanced" western nations think this approach makes sense, what chance does the world really have...
Embarrassing |
While I agree that the whole affair is ridiculous and look at each new report as a comic relief (along with most other danes), I don't think that it should be so surprising. In the last couple of years haven't we seen great western democracies both attack preemptively and detain foreigners in the worst of conditions with no sentences at all? We're all still humans below the layer of civilization. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| ide like to see canada and denmark go to war over a barren, inhospitable island both can do without. |
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| Aquarian |
| It's not about the island, it's about the fishing territory. |
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| St_Andrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aquarian
It's not about the island, it's about the fishing territory. |
isnt it about (possible) minerals? |
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