Canada's Dokdo

There was an American named Kevin (not Kim) who ran a blog named incestuous amplification. The title described the phenomenon where bloggers read only the news they liked and all commented on the same thing and quoted each other in a cycle. In what is not really a connected thought, I was really excited when the Marmot linked to me; I felt as if I had reached the big time (sadly, only briefly). Bringing these two points together, I enjoyed being part of the Korean blogosphere but now I am not. I am blogging into a vacuum. What did the Hominid say? Did anyone else already cover this subject? I don't know and perhaps can't know, until late August. The camp I am working at has internet access but will not connect to any blogspot sites. There are a few other blogs are inaccessible as well. I can read the Marmot and the Nomad. I had the same problem at my university office; blogspot was unavailable.

Blogger is accessible so I can post but I cannot see my posts.

anyway, perhaps I am only talking to the wind, in practice, there is little difference from my regular posting.

Recently, Canada's version of Dokdo has been in the news. Canada and Denmark are squabbling over a tiny island (Hans Island) that is inaccessible by sea but probably will be reachable as global warming opens sealanes. Man, Dokdo has little going for it but at least you could reach it.

I believe the island is much closer to Canada than to European Denmark but Greenland (a Danish territory) may be closer still. I don't know if geographical distance is any kind of yardstick in these cases though. If it were, wouldn't it be funny if France got into the act? Miquelon and Saint Pierre are two French islands just east of Newfoundland so they may be close.

Anyway, the CBC account describes Denmark's claim but not Canada's. I don't know if we have a reasonable claim to Hans Island.

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