Politics and diplomacy are always so serious (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

You can just see that through this important Cold War quote that was said by a diplomat during a disagreement between Brazil and France. The quote is as follows: “if a lobster is a fish because it moves by jumping, then a kangaroo is a bird". And if you think that this must seem more serious in context, then I’m sad to inform you that no, not really. The quickest way to sum it up is that France got caught fishing for lobster inside of Brazils waters under a sham “research permit” (a second time, they had been kicked out once already), so the best France had was to start debating about whether lobsters are fish because they can jump underwater, which would mean that they wouldn’t be wrong legally under international law because clause x in some treaty. And it went on for a year, with both sides debating via diplomacy while their countries also summoned their militaries just in case their trusty diplomats couldn’t convince the others about the status of lobsters fishiness. Important stuff right? Definitely worth starting a war over

 

[Selfmate]

how dare brazil and france comment on Australia's national animal...
they have absolutely no right to determine whether the Kangaroo is a marsupial, bird or otherwise

unfortunately such actions can only result in WAR!!!