I found this entertaining; I hope you all will as well.
I think that our entry on Seborga *does* need updating, because in its present state, it's entirely unclear as to what the inhabitants of Seborga actually think. Is the independence claim meant to be serious? Or is it a tourist-attracting joke? Or what?
I did a bit of research on HM King of Marduk I, and suffice to say that I think we should be skeptical of his claims. :-)
----- Forwarded message from KINGDOMOFMARDUK@aol.com -----
From: KINGDOMOFMARDUK@aol.com Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 08:02:22 EDT To: jwales@bomis.com Subject: re. the by the Wikimedia regd. principality seborga
email dtd. 20. May 2004 - official notification to the Wikimedia Foundation Inc. 3911 Harrisburg St.NE St. Petersburg FL 33703 USA we inform you that the principality of Seborga, is since 22. April 2004 official of the sovereign absolute Monarchystate - Kingdom of Marduk - on basic the international law, irrevocable occupied the fact is by the United Nations in N.Y. since 29th April 2004 official UN confirmed regd. The Situation is since 22. April that the former principality of Seborga is juridical not more existence, all rights by the King and Head of State - HM King Marduk I., further the former currency of Seborga the Luigino is not more present, the new currency is the Barcillon, and one Baricollon have a value of 100 Cesares - this fact is by the IMF, ECB and the US Centralbank regd.. further the former representative of Seborga have not more a juridical competence, whe you would more information, give you for our information your fax no: ........... and we send you different informations.Please change your seborga information page. Best regards HM King Marduk I.
kingdomofmarduk@aol.com<
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I had the privlege of having visited the principality on its National Day in 1999 when dignitaries from the nearby Principality of Monaco were in attendance.
This would suggest that there has been a coup d'état. I will look into the matter, and report in the next few days. :-)
Ec
Jimmy Wales wrote:
I found this entertaining; I hope you all will as well.
I think that our entry on Seborga *does* need updating, because in its present state, it's entirely unclear as to what the inhabitants of Seborga actually think. Is the independence claim meant to be serious? Or is it a tourist-attracting joke? Or what?
I did a bit of research on HM King of Marduk I, and suffice to say that I think we should be skeptical of his claims. :-)
----- Forwarded message from KINGDOMOFMARDUK@aol.com -----
From: KINGDOMOFMARDUK@aol.com Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 08:02:22 EDT To: jwales@bomis.com Subject: re. the by the Wikimedia regd. principality seborga
email dtd. 20. May 2004 - official notification to the Wikimedia Foundation Inc. 3911 Harrisburg St.NE St. Petersburg FL 33703 USA we inform you that the principality of Seborga, is since 22. April 2004 official of the sovereign absolute Monarchystate - Kingdom of Marduk - on basic the international law, irrevocable occupied the fact is by the United Nations in N.Y. since 29th April 2004 official UN confirmed regd. The Situation is since 22. April that the former principality of Seborga is juridical not more existence, all rights by the King and Head of State - HM King Marduk I., further the former currency of Seborga the Luigino is not more present, the new currency is the Barcillon, and one Baricollon have a value of 100 Cesares - this fact is by the IMF, ECB and the US Centralbank regd.. further the former representative of Seborga have not more a juridical competence, whe you would more information, give you for our information your fax no: ........... and we send you different informations.Please change your seborga information page. Best regards HM King Marduk I.
kingdomofmarduk@aol.com<
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The King can't even post from a website with the nation's own domain?
RickK
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