Oh, the litigation - just too amusing

[padren]

had to pass on this gem:

 

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3766303,00.html

 

Kiryat Yam to be sued over 'mermaid'?

 

American organization says $1 million prize offered by northern Israeli city to whoever can prove existence of imaginary sea creature off city's shores 'badly and outrageously damages the legendary mermaid legacy'

 

...

A letter received by the municipality over the weekend states that the organization, presenting itself as the Mermaid Medical Association in Brooklyn, New York, was shocked to hear about the prize offered by the city.

 

 

This offer, the organization said, "badly and outrageously damages the legendary mermaid legacy."

 

 

In the letter, the organization informed the municipality that it had 10 days to take back its announcement on the prize, or else the organization would approach the International Court of Justice in Holland and demand that it intervene.

 

Kind of puts the Birthers in perspective!

[CaptainPanic]

I never knew that America had joined the international courts in the Netherlands... but perhaps Brooklyn isn't really a part of the USA?

 

I'm not really sure how this works though. Politics... bah.

[padren]

I never knew that America had joined the international courts in the Netherlands... but perhaps Brooklyn isn't really a part of the USA?

 

I'm not really sure how this works though. Politics... bah.

 

To be fair, if I was to bring a lawsuit about for the purpose of stopping a mermaid hunt so as to protect the endangered mermaid populations of the world... I'd want to file that lawsuit in a country known for it's very liberal drug laws.

 

"Hey your honor, pass the brownies man!"

[CaptainPanic]

To be fair, if I was to bring a lawsuit about for the purpose of stopping a mermaid hunt so as to protect the endangered mermaid populations of the world... I'd want to file that lawsuit in a country known for it's very liberal drug laws.

 

"Hey your honor, pass the brownies man!"

 

That liberal country would be Argentina then?