Comments on: Sealand up for sale. http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/01/03/sealand-up-for-sale/ A barrister gossips & rants on intellectual property law, the legal system and civil liberties. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:45:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ruthie http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/01/03/sealand-up-for-sale/#comment-681 Ruthie Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:05:26 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=199#comment-681 Good question. Ruthie is unsure as to the roots of her fascination with Sealand, except that the place and its owner convey much that Ruthie considers to be the basic characteristics of Britishness: eccentricity, independence, stuborness, desire to own ones own property and inventiveness. Much debate has raged in the media of late about our national character. Watching and comparing people on the Paris and London undergrounds is hugely informative. In Paris, travellers do their damndest to conform. In London looking bizzare will attract curious rather than threatened looks, and people determined to preserve your right to wear what you choose. Good question. Ruthie is unsure as to the roots of her fascination with Sealand, except that the place and its owner convey much that Ruthie considers to be the basic characteristics of Britishness: eccentricity, independence, stuborness, desire to own ones own property and inventiveness.

Much debate has raged in the media of late about our national character. Watching and comparing people on the Paris and London undergrounds is hugely informative. In Paris, travellers do their damndest to conform. In London looking bizzare will attract curious rather than threatened looks, and people determined to preserve your right to wear what you choose.

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