Canada vs Denmark, battle of the Superpowers

[Crazieman]

This totally sounds like a sissy war.

[Fierce Allegiance]

So canada will defend with it's fleet of 3 bayliners, & the danes will chuck hams?

I thought the canucks were afraid of protecting their own interests.

I think womens soccer would be more interesting a battle (and i would die of boredom at a womens soccer game)

[Crazieman]

Maybe I should have titled BREAKING: DENMARK INVADES CANADA for more views. :)

Can someone ping Canadian Freepers, I'd really like to hear their take.

[Agnes Heep]

Although he played down the presence of a Danish warship ....

As we were putting out to sea,
We spied a Danish warship.
The captain paced the quarter-deck,
Parading in his corset.
"What ho!" we cried, "We'll sink your ship!"
And so we up and sinked her,
But the cabin boy was saved alive,
And buggered, in the sphincter.

(Apologies to T.S. Eliot)

[sticker]

Don't the Canadian have to get U(sless)N(ations) approval before they can say anything or at least the french?

[FierceDraka]

LOL We had more vicious fights as kids, using BB guns and slingshots!

[SB00]

Actually Hans Island is just as much in the northern region of Greenland as well as Canada. Greenland is Danish and both countries are disputing the island, like the issue Spain had with Morocco recently on some island in the Strait of Gibraltar.

[El Conservador]

Denmark is an ally on the WOT, and they've deployed troops in Afghanistan, and maybe Iraq (not sure).

The Danes can keep the island.

[gymbeau]

I'm a Canadian Freeper (well, Albertan!) and I'm waiting with baited breath to see what our lefty government does. I bet they whine to the UN.
Will be interesting to see how many years of ignored UN resolutions it'll take before the Canuckleheads in charge finally either give up the island or send in the troop.

Or beg the US to bail them out (and I hope America tells them to pound sand).

My take, early in the morning...

[Skywarner]

Ping to that!

Besides, the Canada would need to hire a Russian cargo plane to transport the troops anyways.

It's sad. Canada use to be such an important ally during the Cold War and during the first two World Wars. The fact that their government has gone Socialist is an excellent example of how that system of rule basically stinks.

Hopefully, the conservative movement in Canada will grow and eventually take back their country.

[MaryFromMichigan]

If you want to be on my "Canada has been invaded by Denmark" ping list-
contact me via freepmail.

This is of course, a very low volume ping list. :)

[arthurus]

and I'm waiting with baited breath

Have you tried using Listerine? Or you can try an artificial bait.

[Sloth]

Not as low-volume as my 'Mexico bombs Nepal' ping list.

[gymbeau]

Actually, baited breath comes in handy when working as a hooker.

Something awfully fishy about it, though.

[headsonpikes]

Something is rotten in Denmark.

It starts with their inferior greasy bacon.

;^)

[NorthOf45]

I know this is likely just your way of taking a shot at us, but what the heck. Canada IS an ally in the WOT as well. I know some don't like to admit it, but it's a fact.

[LexBaird]

Sounds like the famous Canadian conflict with the USA:


Pig War on San Juan
It was a war of bluff and bluster more than pigs and bloodshed, although the issue was real enough. It was a question of the exact position of the Canada-United States boundary in relation to the small and unimportant Island of San Juan, situated in the coastal waters between the city of Victoria and the mainland.

Boundary disputes, throughout history, have been one major reason for wars. Canada's 4000 miles on its southern front and more than another thousand on its Alaska side - all shared with the United States - didn't escape a moderate degree of misunderstanding and trouble, including one war and a few near wars. It took 59 years after the Treaty of Paris in 1783 to gain official acceptance for the first part or eastern end of our International Boundary. Even then, neither side was entirely happy with it.

Not until 1846 was there a very serious effort to draw official geographical limits for the far western part. It was only then agreed that the International Border would follow the 49th parallel westward across the mountains to the Pacific coast, then bend southward to leave all of Vancouver Island in British territory. In the case of the small island of San Juan, the line would stay with the main channel around it. But it was soon argued that the island had a main channel on each of two sides and San Juan's ownership remained in doubt. Some people contended, philosophically, that it didn't matter because the small island had no value and no future.

Gradually, however, the island attracted settlers, some from British North America and some from the United States. The developing situation was sure to invite a first class international argument about ownership. To hasten the crisis, an American citizen, Lyman Carter, liked gardening and growing potatoes while his neighbour, a red-haired Irishman employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, kept pigs and had one that was particularly fond of potatoes. When the pig became addicted to the neighbour's potatoes, the gardener warned the Irishman to keep his pig at home or face the consequences.

The Irishman replied that San Juan was a free country and no American was entitled to order the restriction of either a perfectly respectable pig or its owner. Next day, the pig returned to the potato patch and the irate American loaded his flintlock and killed it.

The Irishman, doubtlessly in a proper mood to start a war, reported the despicable deed to his Hudson's Bay Company bosses at Victoria and they passed the protest to the local governor. In consequence, a British warship that happened to be at Victoria harbour at the time was ordered to sail to San Juan. When the warship was dropping anchor at the island, the Americans were landing 60 soldiers. An American officer said the soldiers were brought to the island to furnish "protection against northern Indians," but most observers, both British and Americans, knew there was a better reason for the American military presence.

The stage seemed set for war. But, fortunately, nobody pulled a trigger and the very appearance of military strength on opposite sides of the island served like a warning and exerted a restraining influence. By good fortune, both the British and American commanders were sensible and cautious individuals and may have conferred and agreed upon the folly of allowing sparks from the loss of a pig and a few potatoes to blaze into a full-scale war.

For want of a better way of ending the dispute, British and American authorities agreed to refer the entire island issue to Emperor Wilhelm of Germany who had agreed to mediate.

More time was lost but, in 1872, the Emperor reported, giving judgement in favour of the United States, and San Juan became American.

In 1972, exactly 100 years later, island residents marked the anniversary by officially opening the San Juan National Historic Park which many people in both Canada and the United States insisted upon calling "The Pig War Park."

[Crazieman]

Thanks, I did not know that.

[Grig]

My Dad is Danish, my Mom is Canadian. I'm so conflicted :)