Editorial: Why Canada should join the EU

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https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/01/02/why-canada-should-join-the-eu

As international conflicts go, none did so little to disrupt the global order as the “whisky wars” that pitted Canada against Denmark for four decades. Flaring up in 1984, the unlikely spat involved a one-square-kilometre island in the middle of an icy Arctic channel marking the border between Greenland (now a self-ruling part of Denmark) and the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Both sides assumed the rock was theirs. What might have been considered a casus belli by lesser countries became, for the northern duo, an exercise in diplomatic civility. Canadian officials visiting the island marked their territory by leaving whisky and flags; Danes asserted sovereignty by snaffling the booze and leaving their own schnapps for Canadians to enjoy. In lieu of shots fired, polite letters were occasionally exchanged. When the quarrel grew tiresome a working group spent years agreeing to split the island down the middle, ending all hostilities in 2022.

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Its a paywall site but I use 12ft.io to get around.

Interesting take.

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1. can you make it a full month on DU?, I see from your profile you are about to be tombstoned

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2. I have no idea what that means

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3. it's a old term but it means banned, you have had a number of posts deleted by moderators

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4. that's true

there are a lot of sensitive people here and i'm beginning to see where the boundaries are with regards to free speech.