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Re: German exclaves in Belgium separated by a bicycle path from the rest of Germany

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Post by jstanley »

x220 wrote: post #147
jstanley wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is no more "sensible" for a state to be exercising control of its border than it is for a town to be exercising control over its border. We're all free people in the world, and we should be able to move around it freely. There should be no borders at all.

>we should be able to move around it freely What will you do when your neighbor country is stricken by communicable diseases? Will you still think that movement should be entirely restricted?

What will you do when your neighbouring town is stricken by communicable diseases?

Re: German exclaves in Belgium separated by a bicycle path from the rest of Germany

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Post by baud147258 »

seszett wrote: post #71
galago wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't we just all agree to speak English? No, I don't think that would be a good idea. Perhaps they could write a (albeit imperfect) tool to alert readers when another language has a much larger or more comprehensive article. I'm sure the Wikipedians have considered the fact that some information is better presented in a particular language. For example, an article about Shakespeare will be more precise in English th…

As far as I remember (I can't check now) articles in foreign Wikipedias that have a "silver" or "gold" status are shown with a star in the list. It might not be obvious to English speaking visitors as I suppose they don't pay much attention to the list, but visitors who speak multiple languages often switch between them to get the most information.

> As far as I remember (I can't check now) articles in foreign Wikipedias that have a "silver" or "gold" status are shown with a star in the list.

That's the case, at least when not on the mobile site; apparently the mobile site instead show the "best" version at the top of the list of versions, but I don't know how it is determined.

Re: German exclaves in Belgium separated by a bicycle path from the rest of Germany

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Post by jsmith45 »

Symbiote wrote: post #86
FigBug wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you live in the EU are you supposed to carry your passport whenever you move between countries?

Two things are being confused here: 1. Except for the UK, Ireland and Denmark, EU countries issue identity cards which are valid for most situations where a passport is required, so long as nothing would be stamped: crossing borders within the EU, proving identity to the police [1]. 2. Many European countries have rules requiring someone to be able to prove their identity, such as with their identity card or a passpo…

For a similar concept, the US offers a Passport Card, which is a Federal Photo ID card, that is legally considered a passport by domestic law, but other countries may disagree. It can be used to enter Canada, Mexico, The Caribbean, and Bermuda by land or sea.

It is not valid for international flights. It is unclear why, as it is designed to meet the ICAO standards for ID card sized travel documents. My best guess is that it is not valid for International aviation to avoid the problems with people trying to travel with it to places that need to be able to stamp a passport.

(It is pretty much the only such Federal Photo ID card available to the general public in the US.) Obviously the passport card differs from EU National ID cards, in that they are never required to be owned/carried domestically, and full blown passports are not needed

Re: German exclaves in Belgium separated by a bicycle path from the rest of Germany

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Post by fishywang »

Faaak wrote: post #2

> There is no border control due to the Schengen Agreement, therefore daily life is not really impacted. That's the most interesting part to me. I cross the border every day to go to work. Yet, when a friend came to visit us and we we to the city, he couldn't believe that we were crossing a border that easily (France-Switzerland). It was literally an open fence with a sign welcoming you. It's really awesome when you…

When I was visiting the island of Sint Maarten/Saint-Martin, I crossed the Dutch/French border daily because we stayed on the French side and most of the tourist points are on the Dutch side. It's really awesome.

Re: German exclaves in Belgium separated by a bicycle path from the rest of Germany

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Post by buttcoinslol »

ilamont wrote: post #21

There are some weird border situations up on US/Canada border, including: * Library in Vermont and Quebec straddling the border: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-us-canada-border-r... * Canadian train that crosses northern Maine and used to have U.S. border guards board it (can't find the resource, but I saw this on TV show some years ago) * Thousand Islands border between Ontario and NY State, which can be…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_of_Land_Portage

Part of the less than 1 km land border between Ontario and the US, the other 2700km being water.

Re: German exclaves in Belgium separated by a bicycle path from the rest of Germany

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Post by x220 »

jstanley wrote: post #151
x220 wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>we should be able to move around it freely What will you do when your neighbor country is stricken by communicable diseases? Will you still think that movement should be entirely restricted?

What will you do when your neighbouring town is stricken by communicable diseases?

Believe it or not, the same instinct deals with both situations. Look up trait conscientiousness and disease prevalence.
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