I don't know if the threat is real or not, but I like the cut of this bloke's jib and the concept of 'seasteading'. Also impressed by the reality of the micronation Sealand off the Suffolk Coast, and this incident that happened there: "In 1968, a 14-year-old Michael Bates sent "warning shots" across the bow of a vessel he felt was sailing too close to the platform. When he and his father were hauled before the courts over the "swashbuckling incident", a judge concluded the law had no jurisdiction over the territory. Sealand claims this episode as its first instance of de facto recognition." I'm sure Captain Pugwash would be interested. | |