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Umm...
A lady in Spain registered the sun as her personal property with a local notary after hearing about an American man who did the same with the moon and a bunch of planets in the solar system.
The best part of the article:
"There is an international agreement which states that no country may claim ownership of a planet or star, but it says nothing about individuals, she added."
Sunday, November 28, 2010
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I think the best part about this is:
ReplyDelete"Duran, who lives in the town of Salvaterra do Mino, said she now wants to slap a fee on everyone who uses the sun and give half of the proceeds to the Spanish government and 20 percent to the nation's pension fund.
She would dedicate another 10 percent to research, another 10 percent to ending world hunger - and would keep the remaining 10 percent herself."
It made me wonder - I wonder what I would do if I could collect a fee for using the sun? Of course, I actually find the idea of generating an income in such a way to be morally reprehensible. But what if...