Comments on: Rejsen til Saturn! I think!

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:59:28 +0000

# James Says:
Oh I do disagree. the Copenhagen Harbor has many beautiful Danish windmills.

Sorry James, but that is not correct. There are alot of Windturbines in Copenhagen Habour, not Windmills.. I actaully only think there are about 2 or 3 Windmills in Denmark, but they are very common in The Netherlands.

And to get into the dutch/danish discussion.. Both Denmark & The Netherlands rocks!. Soo. hmm. For me it wouldn’t matter to be confused as a dutch person (i’m danish).. If they confused me with a Swede, then it’s another story . hehe

Chris

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:24:33 +0000

@ BA:

This might be interesting for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYZXARhDgPM

Can you tell us where the bad astronomy is there…?

By: antaresrichard

antaresrichard — Sun, 25 May 2008 12:37:33 +0000

Yes Chip, I’m still suffering from the Cinemagic eye strain Sid gave me in ‘59. Hey, how about the American butchery of “Rymdinvasion i Lappland” (US title: “Invasion of the Animal People”) for getting the Swiss, the Swedes, the Lapps, and a map of Greenland all balled into one!

By: Jacco

Jacco — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:09:58 +0000

I’ve never put much stock in the myth of the ignorant American, unable to find or name any country other than their own. But if the BA, a man of obvious intelligence and education, misses all the references to Denmark (the satellite photo, the flags, the written “Denmark” on the rockets) and thinks the language is Dutch…

USA: Doomed.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:53:57 +0000

Very smart reference to the cartoons controversy.

Protect freedom of speach!

By: BaldApe

BaldApe — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:52:02 +0000

So Chip, what was that? Spanish?

[Ducks behind chair]

By: Jorge

Jorge — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:23:11 +0000

@Calli Arcale

I knew that. As Halcyon said, we know what a federation is, since we have quite a few in Europe. We even have a confederation, which in principle is even more decentralized than a federation: Switzerland. And there are plenty of autonomous territories even in otherwise non-federative countries, like the Portuguese Atlantic archipelagos, for instance.

The US being a federation doesn’t change the fact that its states are 1st order subdivisions with pretty much the same level of international relevance as all the other 1st level subdivisions, from the German Lander to the Maltese municipalities. They are not at all comparable to European nations. They don’t have seats in the UN. That alone should be a pretty strong hint.

And besides, I’ll believe American states are really sovereign entities when I see one of them seceding from the Union without causing a civil war with the other 49.

@The Mutt

Nope, not making it up. Google is your friend. One hint: Sweden.

(And don’t worry: I don’t know what its capital is either. I know where to find that information if I need it, though)