While we are on maps, the Economist is calling for the country of Belgium to end its existence, unmindful of the potential problems for itself.
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While we are on maps, the Economist is calling for the country of Belgium to end its existence, unmindful of the potential problems for itself.
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I’m waiting expectantly for the first comment to make an HHGTG reference.
Thats an interesting possibility.
This is the second instance of something like this that I have read in recent past.
the other one was the dissolution and merger of Pennsylvania with NJ because of the dismal fiscal state of PA.
The article is not entirely tongue-in-cheek, I think. Consider this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6911509.stm
If the (French-speaking) PM-in-waiting of Belgium sings the Marseillaise when asked to sing the Belgian national anthem, it is only a matter of time before Wallonia secedes and becomes a department of France, eh?