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11/01/2007: "Fun with States"
music: Juuni Kokuki OSTmood: Cackling with hilarity
For those friends interested in what stuff I'm studying this semester, here's a small fun bit:
I'm doing a module on Foundations of Public International Law, and one of the issues we look at is the concept of statehood, where we look at the criteria for statehood, when states actually become states and when they are recognised as being states etc. So anyway, in our first tutorial, we were told to go check out these two websites which are the homepages for two self-proclaimed states. I recommend anyone to go check out those two pages - there's no need to really read them thoroughly, just do a quick skim through of the "about" pages and then check out the pics of the defined territory of each state, I'm sure you'll find it hilarious. XD
Also, there's this extra bit my friend shared with me that her tutor told her (we actually have the same tutor but she forgot to tell my group this):
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
were you told about the island near scotland that the UK used to expand it's territory?
Friends are forever, boys are whatever. says:
haha, no, we weren't
Friends are forever, boys are whatever. says:
what about it? did they fight over it with scotland?
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
XDD
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
there's land in the middle of the sea somewhere off the coast of scotland with an area of 10 square meters
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
and on it was a lighthouse
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
to be considered an island (and therefore part of UK territory), there had to be social and economic activity
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
...... so they put a person in the lighthouse with a chicken
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
the chicken lay eggs every day, and the egg was eaten, etc, so that constituted the economic factor
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
and the man they left there was the social
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
man + chicken = island = territory = PROFIT 8Db
And finally, an extract of us being silly which was triggered off because she added something about New Utopia to her nickname (this is only funny if you've checked out the two pages first):
Friends are forever, boys are whatever. says:
pssh. who cares about new utopia when you can be a citizen of the almighty Sealand!?
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
.... don't you want to live underwater?
Friends are forever, boys are whatever. says:
look, i get to live on a bunch of metal poles sticking out of the sea. who wants to live underwater when i've got all that?
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
pfft, your bunch of metal poles was set on fire.... in a British conspiracy
Friends are forever, boys are whatever. says:
we've experienced it all! we're rough and tough and we can survive through anything! here's proof!
Friends are forever, boys are whatever. says:
"They faced and drove off armed attackers and on one occasion, a member of the family was actually kidnapped by armed men and taken to a foreign country against his will."
Friends are forever, boys are whatever. says:
in your face, you saltwater breathing urchins!
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
that's nothing! we have a constitution... and INTERNATIONAL citizens
◕ ◡ ◕ {afk} says:
and obviously, our prince's family hasn't been kidnapped because we have good underwater security
Friends are forever, boys are whatever. says:
you people are no more than money grubbers who charge way too much for your IDs and passports.
So yes, International Law can be very fun indeed. XD