I'm Moving to Hans

It seems that Canada and Denmark are arguing over who owns a tiny island called Hans. They have taken their battleground to the Internet, placing competing ads about ownership on Google.

The best quote in the story?

“To my knowledge this is the first time that a squabble has ever broken out between two nations on Google.”

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Spent the afternoon stalking a neighborhood for a story. It always intrigues me the way people react once they know you are a reporter—they clench up and seem to back away (maybe that part is in my head, but it seems real). Why are people so afraid? Do they think I might misrepresent them somehow, or is it more that they are afraid of stating an opinion on anything?

People just want everything to be “nice” all the time. In suburbia, it’s a crime to start trouble. But when the trouble’s already there, you’d think people would realize that sweeping it under the carpet merely creates a big lump to trip on.