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Title: It's the end of Belgium as we know it... only joking
Post by: Foxy Brown on December 17, 2006, 09:32:56 PM

Thousands of Belgians were thrown into a panic by news that the Flemish half of the country had declared independence. A two-hour live television report on the break-up of the nation showed images of ecstatic Flemish nationalists waving flags on the streets and queues of French speakers heading for the “border”.

The panic turned to anger after RTBF, the French public broadcaster, admitted 40 minutes into the show that it was a hoax designed to dramatise tensions between Flanders, in the north, and French-speaking Wallonia, in the south.  (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2505108,00.html)

Title: It's the end of Belgium as we know it... only joking
Post by: SomethingWild on December 17, 2006, 10:37:01 PM

Funny stuff imo..

This tension has been there for years.. it's about time they talk about this.

Title: It's the end of Belgium as we know it... only joking
Post by: RionZ on December 17, 2006, 11:00:51 PM

haha, funny...almost along the lines of Orson Well's broadcast of War of the Worlds

Title: It's the end of Belgium as we know it... only joking
Post by: shadowstar on December 18, 2006, 02:18:14 AM

Quote from: RionZ;261505

haha, funny...almost along the lines of Orson Well's broadcast of War of the Worlds

My thoughts exactly :lol:

Title: It's the end of Belgium as we know it... only joking
Post by: pikapikapika on December 18, 2006, 07:40:56 PM

Bwahaha

Title: It's the end of Belgium as we know it... only joking
Post by: fsw on December 20, 2006, 11:07:29 PM

Brussels might be the centre of the EU (sorry Paris - get over it ;-)), but they sure seem to be apathetic to Politics if this kind of stunt is needed to get people to talk about a particular topic.