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Steel Cage Match: Canada, Denmark Clash in Google Ads
| For entertaiment purposes only; please, no wagering. |
| Yeah, right. I got Denmark and the points |
Canada and Denmark have taken their diplomatic tussle over a lump of Arctic rocks to the Internet with competing Google ads claiming sovereignty over Hans Island. Some Canadians have called for a boycott of Danish pastries.| "To heck with Danish pastries! Bring on the poutine!" |
The diplomatic debate began Monday when Denmark said it would send a letter of protest over a visit to the 1/2-square-mile Hans Island last week by Canadian Defense Minister Bill Graham. | And after the letter of protest, the intifada. |
Graham stated Canada has always owned the uninhabited chunk of land, 680 miles south of the North Pole. Denmark responded: "Neener Neener." "Hans Island is our island." Toronto resident Rick Broadhead googled the matter and found an ad that touted Hans Island as Danish. "Does Hans sound Canadian? Danish name, Danish island." Internet users clicking on the ad were directed to the Danish Foreign Ministry's Web site.So Broadhead paid for his own Google ad and created a Web site to promote Ottawa's sovereignty. His Google ad leads users to a fluttering Maple Leaf flag and plays the national anthem. Broadhead's Web site outlines Canada's argument that Hans Island belonged to the British and became Canada's in 1867. The Danes say it is closer to Greenland than Canada and is therefore Danish soil. In 1984, Tom Hoeyem, who was Denmark's minister for Greenland affairs, caused a stir when he raised a Danish flag on the island, buried a bottle of brandy at the base of the flag pole and left a note saying: "Welcome to the Danish island."| If either of those ads appears here, well, Fred gets a piece of the action... |
Posted by: Seafarious 2005-07-29 |
