Belgium has disolved! Dutch half has declared independance!!

[Will9]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
Haw, you people should get a sense of humor. You sound like, eh, germans. What I understood from that, the notion is as absurd, to people in Belgium, as Florida seceeding from the US would be for americans.

Part of it already has, but they came back to us.

http://www.conchrepublic.com/welcome.htm

[Bill3000]

Belgium should be dissolved anyway.

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Locutus
Still, I agree people need to get a sense of humour, what I've heard of this was pretty funny and what's the point of life if you can't make the occasional joke

It wasn't meant to be a joke though.

[Proteus_MST]

Reminds me of the first Radio Broadcast of Orson Welles´"War of the Worlds" in 1938.

Because it began with a mock News Broadcast in wich the Reporter said that New Jersey and New York were were taken and destroyed by martians invaders,
it caused a mass panic as lots of radio listeners took the news for real and thought that the martians had really landed

Looks like humans haven´t progressed very much since the first days of mass media

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Monk
Where are you from Colon? If the country splits into two, would you care greatly one way or the other?

I care for whatever that benefits Antwerp the most.

[Barnabas]

The dutch speaking belgians are what used to be the spanish netherlands, right? and the only differene between them and the dutch is that they are catholic, right?

But now that religion doesnt matter at all, why can they get together again?

And why cant the french speaking belgians just join france?

[Colonâ„¢]

http://en.wikipedia.org/

[Gatekeeper]

So if Belgium splits, does that add two more "postage stamp-sized" nations to Europe's political landscape?

Gatekeeper

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Locutus
apart from a shared king, capital and country name Belgium is effectively two countries already.

No it isn't.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Maniac


No it isn't.

You're right. It's actually 3 countries, if you count the German part

[Colonâ„¢]

Federalisation in fact extends less further than in Germany or the US. (no judicial branch or constitution on states-level and states only posses those jurisdictions that are specifically assigned to it by federal law)

[SlowwHand]

The big question, and I know you feel the same.
Who gets the chocolate?

[Elok]

The chocolate goes to whoever doesn't get the waffles. And whichever side gets Brussels also has to take its nasty sprouts.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Proteus_MST
Reminds me of the first Radio Broadcast of Orson Welles´"War of the Worlds" in 1938.

Because it began with a mock News Broadcast in wich the Reporter said that New Jersey and New York were were taken and destroyed by martians invaders,
it caused a mass panic as lots of radio listeners took the news for real and thought that the martians had really landed

Looks like humans haven´t progressed very much since the first days of mass media

Obviously, the hysteria didn't reach the heights of that madness, but people were panicked by this. And that's exactly why this isn't funny. Some of you are treating this as if the station had yelled fire in a theater with 5 people in it. They might have tripped, spilled their drinks, but in the end no one got hurt... SO THAT MAKES IT OK. The Belgian people weren't particularly amused.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
Haw, you people should get a sense of humor. You sound like, eh, germans. What I understood from that, the notion is as absurd, to people in Belgium, as Florida seceeding from the US would be for americans. Would you believe such news?

They done it once. Remember Fort Pickens!