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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
June 21 2008 21:31 GMT
#1
Tiny Shetland island declares independence

"Forvik owes no allegiance to any United Kingdom government, central or local, and is not bound by any of its statutes," Hill wrote.


"I also invite anyone from any country in the world, who supports these aims, namely to become free of liars, thieves and tyrants in government, to become a citizen of Forvik," he added.


Long live Forvik!
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HeadBangaa
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6512 Posts
June 21 2008 21:34 GMT
#2
Forvik, please research The Patriot for guidelines in dealing with redoats.
People who fail to distinguish Socratic Method from malicious trolling are sadly stupid and not worth a response.
Showtime!
Profile Joined November 2007
Canada2938 Posts
June 21 2008 21:37 GMT
#3
All hail Forvik!

I might sea kayak around that region :D
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BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
June 21 2008 21:39 GMT
#4
"Hill, 65, has lived in the Shetland Islands on the edge of the Atlantic since 2001, when his boat capsized there during an unsuccessful attempted to circumnavigate Britain."
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-21 21:56:41
June 21 2008 21:55 GMT
#5
Edit: nvm

Either way, rock on!
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43966 Posts
June 21 2008 21:57 GMT
#6
He's not declaring independence. He's trying to change the legal status of Forvik within the United Kingdom. I expect the government will simply ignore him and continue to treat it as they always have. After all, they don't really care either way given nobody lives there. If they just wait 20 years the problem will resolve itself on his death. Provided no other countries recognise his Forvik then the UKs claim that it belongs to them outweighs his claim that it doesn't.
This is basically non news. Some mad hermit is talking crap and nobody is listening.
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Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
June 21 2008 21:59 GMT
#7
Lmao, population 1.
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ydg
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States690 Posts
June 21 2008 22:29 GMT
#8
" "There will be no income tax, VAT (value added tax), council tax, corporation tax, or any of the other taxes instituted by the British government," Hill wrote."

will there be jobs?
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HeadBangaa
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States6512 Posts
June 21 2008 22:31 GMT
#9
That's gotta be one looooong extension chord.
People who fail to distinguish Socratic Method from malicious trolling are sadly stupid and not worth a response.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32132 Posts
June 21 2008 22:35 GMT
#10
This is almost as good as that British guy who tried to make his own country on one of the old WWII gun installations of the coast or smething.
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o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
June 21 2008 22:38 GMT
#11
On June 22 2008 06:59 Superiorwolf wrote:
Lmao, population 1.

lol
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
June 21 2008 22:45 GMT
#12
This guy is getting rinsed in our press.
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iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
June 21 2008 22:47 GMT
#13
Lil late but I think they should do well.

ROFL
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43966 Posts
June 21 2008 22:48 GMT
#14
On June 22 2008 07:45 Klive5ive wrote:
This guy is getting rinsed in our press.

I've failed to notice anything about it. What paper do you read?
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
Elric
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom1327 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-21 22:56:22
June 21 2008 22:54 GMT
#15
Hill, 65, has lived in the Shetland Islands on the edge of the Atlantic since 2001, when his boat capsized there during an unsuccessful attempted to circumnavigate Britain.


+lol.

I haven't heard any "rinsing" either.. :S
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-21 22:58:05
June 21 2008 22:56 GMT
#16
On June 22 2008 07:48 Kwark wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2008 07:45 Klive5ive wrote:
This guy is getting rinsed in our press.

I've failed to notice anything about it. What paper do you read?


Well my father buys the Mail (which I don't endorse!) but they do make the news interesting.

They were talking about it on the News Quiz also and Sandi was ripping into him.
According to them he applied for planning permission to get a permanent structure up! Which if he's ignoring all UK law he doesn't need. And his permanent structure is made of corrigated plastic and bits of wood he found... so clearly he doesn't understand the meaning of the word permanent either.

What puzzles me most though is since he lives in a tent how does he have a website?
Don't hate the player - Hate the game
HamerD
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom1922 Posts
June 21 2008 23:02 GMT
#17
what's the news quiz? Fuck I havent watched tv in ages. It's so far away from my room (20 feet) and i have surfthechannel.com anyway
"Oh no, we've drawn Judge Schneider" "Is that bad?" "Well, he's had it in for me ever since I kinda ran over his dog" "You did?" "Yeah...if you replace the word *kinda* with *repeatedly*...and the word *dog* with son"
Wizard
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Poland5055 Posts
June 21 2008 23:05 GMT
#18
[image loading]

good luck lol
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Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
June 21 2008 23:09 GMT
#19
On June 22 2008 08:02 HamerD wrote:
what's the news quiz?


It's on BBC Radio4 every week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/newsquiz.shtml
Listen to "the latest edition" from about 4.30 onwards.
Don't hate the player - Hate the game
nemY
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States3119 Posts
June 21 2008 23:09 GMT
#20
Dude lives in a tent, prints his own currency and still gets internet? How?
Showtime!
Profile Joined November 2007
Canada2938 Posts
June 21 2008 23:16 GMT
#21
I'm starting to think it is something out of Harry Potter.

STAY OUT OF THE KITCHEN

PICS!!
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aqui
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Germany1023 Posts
June 21 2008 23:20 GMT
#22
On June 22 2008 08:05 Wizard wrote:
[image loading]

good luck lol

sweeeeet,
forvik be prepared for citizen no 2!
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
June 21 2008 23:21 GMT
#23
On June 22 2008 08:09 nemY wrote:
Dude lives in a tent, prints his own currency and still gets internet? How?


wait, he has a working printer? whered he get the paper?
I wonder if his exchange rate is better than the dollar.
Amber[LighT]
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States5078 Posts
June 21 2008 23:30 GMT
#24
Maybe he will join the war on terror with the rest of the coalition of the willing.
"We have unfinished business, I and he."
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
June 21 2008 23:52 GMT
#25
On June 22 2008 08:30 Amber[LighT] wrote:
Maybe he will join the war on terror with the rest of the coalition of the willing.



????

We will never align ourselves with terrorists. That fucker must get carpet bombed. I think we should do it now.
Mynock
Profile Joined September 2002
4492 Posts
June 21 2008 23:55 GMT
#26
Ah, finally I can insert a country... Been waiting for ages now... Mods, add Forvik please?
Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
June 22 2008 00:03 GMT
#27
On June 22 2008 08:55 Mynock wrote:
Ah, finally I can insert a country... Been waiting for ages now... Mods, add Forvik please?

Damn you beat me to it! I even had a screenshot ready.

[image loading]
♞
Hippopotamus
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
1914 Posts
June 22 2008 00:05 GMT
#28
IMO this was much better.
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43966 Posts
June 22 2008 00:16 GMT
#29
On June 22 2008 08:02 HamerD wrote:
what's the news quiz? Fuck I havent watched tv in ages. It's so far away from my room (20 feet) and i have surfthechannel.com anyway

It's like Have I Got News For You on radio. Actually pretty good. Although I've not listened to it since I moved out of home.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
Eskii
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada544 Posts
June 22 2008 00:21 GMT
#30
This guy is probably going to be taken care of very fast. This is in no way a serious issue....
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
June 22 2008 00:36 GMT
#31
On June 22 2008 06:59 Superiorwolf wrote:
Lmao, population 1.


Serious? I guess the country will become 0 sometime soon if that doesn't change...

Shame =(.
aqui
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Germany1023 Posts
June 22 2008 01:24 GMT
#32
On June 22 2008 09:21 Eskii wrote:
This guy is probably going to be taken care of very fast. This is in no way a serious issue....

"taken care of" what is that supposed to mean?
PobTheCad
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Australia893 Posts
June 22 2008 02:18 GMT
#33
he crashed his boat there 7 yrs ago and now he 'owns' the island?
Once again back is the incredible!
Eskii
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada544 Posts
June 22 2008 05:43 GMT
#34
On June 22 2008 10:24 aqui wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2008 09:21 Eskii wrote:
This guy is probably going to be taken care of very fast. This is in no way a serious issue....

"taken care of" what is that supposed to mean?

Put in jail, ignored, killed?

On June 22 2008 11:18 PobTheCad wrote:
he crashed his boat there 7 yrs ago and now he 'owns' the island?


Ya... When would THAT ever happen????

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mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
June 22 2008 05:56 GMT
#35
sounds like shitland, hehehe
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shumba70
Profile Joined June 2008
1 Post
June 22 2008 05:58 GMT
#36
On July 4, 1776 King George supposedly wrote in his diary "Nothing Much Happened Today". I wonder what Queen Elizabeth wrote recently.
Maybe we shouldn't laugh at Mr Hill to quickly.
dinmsab
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Malaysia2246 Posts
June 22 2008 06:06 GMT
#37
so does this guy eat grass everyday or what..
..
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9109 Posts
June 22 2008 06:10 GMT
#38
On June 22 2008 06:34 HeadBangaa wrote:
Forvik, please research The Patriot for guidelines in dealing with redoats.


Mel Gibson+hatchet>Large armies of men with guns
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43966 Posts
June 22 2008 06:29 GMT
#39
On June 22 2008 14:43 Eskii wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2008 10:24 aqui wrote:
On June 22 2008 09:21 Eskii wrote:
This guy is probably going to be taken care of very fast. This is in no way a serious issue....

"taken care of" what is that supposed to mean?

Put in jail, ignored, killed?

Show nested quote +
On June 22 2008 11:18 PobTheCad wrote:
he crashed his boat there 7 yrs ago and now he 'owns' the island?


Ya... When would THAT ever happen????

North America
Australia
Most of Africa
Most of South America


You forget that it's uninhabited except for him. So the government have no reason to assert control. As far as they're concerned it's a part of the UK which is rebelling against them. However given they don't have any interests there by far their easiest option is waiting for him to die of old age because it's just not worth dealing with it.

What we did in those places is asserted that we owned it. The people living there then asserted they owned it and we fought and killed them. What's happening here is he asserts he owns it, the Government maintains it belongs to them. However unless he declares war on the UK it's really not comparable.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
Holylight
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Korea (South)460 Posts
June 22 2008 08:46 GMT
#40
On June 22 2008 14:43 Eskii wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 22 2008 10:24 aqui wrote:
On June 22 2008 09:21 Eskii wrote:
This guy is probably going to be taken care of very fast. This is in no way a serious issue....

"taken care of" what is that supposed to mean?


Show nested quote +
On June 22 2008 11:18 PobTheCad wrote:
he crashed his boat there 7 yrs ago and now he 'owns' the island?


Ya... When would THAT ever happen????

North America
Australia
Most of Africa
Most of South America



LOL nice one
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
June 22 2008 08:51 GMT
#41
I've thrown my hat in the political ring.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
Eskii
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada544 Posts
June 22 2008 21:03 GMT
#42
On June 22 2008 17:51 BroOd wrote:
I've thrown my hat in the political ring.



Sellout...
evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
June 23 2008 02:08 GMT
#43
Robinson anyone? He's gonna attack the natives tribes that sail boats on the island to consume human.
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funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
June 23 2008 02:20 GMT
#44
I'm so going to be a Forvikian?
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