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uawchild

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38. "Trees can grow in the cracks of rocks"

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 12:12 PM

Jul 2016

And that's what you think is happening here?

Let's look at that picture of Taiping Island again :

Trees growing in the cracks of rocks?!? -rolls eyes-

But ok, that's one for the "It's a Rock!" column.

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There are NO ISLANDS AT ALL in the Spratly Islands, UNCLOS tribunal rules! [View all] uawchild Jul 2016 OP

Yeah, and Pluto is not a planet. malthaussen Jul 2016 #1

Actually, even though I rooted for Pluto, there is logical sense... moriah Jul 2016 #35

There's are reasons why Pluto's been reclassified as a dwarf planet. backscatter712 Jul 2016 #40

A rock with a 3/4-mile runway. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2016 #2

and a forest. uawchild Jul 2016 #3

Strange that you mention trees and airstrip, and not size whatthehey Jul 2016 #4

I showed a picture of the island, duh. uawchild Jul 2016 #6

So you suggest no minimum, duh? Every rock gets 200 miles, duh? whatthehey Jul 2016 #7

Rocks? no. They get a 12 mile zone uawchild Jul 2016 #8

Precedent. Chan790 Jul 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author uawchild Jul 2016 #21

No Precedent apparently uawchild Jul 2016 #25

I never knew that. Chan790 Jul 2016 #28

I wasn't sure either uawchild Jul 2016 #32

Thanks, that's another one too. bemildred Jul 2016 #23

Wrong uawchild Jul 2016 #26

Well that's the point, some do, some don't, some have negotiated local arrangements. nt bemildred Jul 2016 #27

Understood uawchild Jul 2016 #30

Probably not many left nowadays that somebody is not claiming. bemildred Jul 2016 #34

Lol uawchild Jul 2016 #36

"It's good to be King!" bemildred Jul 2016 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author uawchild Jul 2016 #29

PRC concern trolls. n/t PeoViejo Jul 2016 #5

It is just a really flat rock, you may not be as used to seeing those snooper2 Jul 2016 #9

It's not good to get too hung up on nomenclature, which is always arbitrary. bemildred Jul 2016 #10

Any examples? uawchild Jul 2016 #12

They litter the Carribean, or any place with atolls, like the S. China Sea. bemildred Jul 2016 #14

Thanks uawchild Jul 2016 #19

You're welcome. bemildred Jul 2016 #22

China claiming the whole South China Sea........ PlanetaryOrbit Jul 2016 #11

Yes you are right! uawchild Jul 2016 #13

I've got relative in Chicago; they do :D (nt) LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #18

Size doesn't matter; from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #16

According to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, an island has 12 nautical miles of territori LanternWaste Jul 2016 #17

No man is an island rock Jul 2016 #20

It looks like a rock to me GummyBearz Jul 2016 #24

"Trees can grow in the cracks of rocks" uawchild Jul 2016 #38

Np GummyBearz Jul 2016 #43

Quoted from upthread Separation Jul 2016 #47

sustain human habitation OR economic life uawchild Jul 2016 #48

If you would simply look at Google Maps ... DetlefK Jul 2016 #31

The tribunal called it a ROCK uawchild Jul 2016 #33

The standard is whether such islands can "sustain human habitation or economic life of their own" LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #39

I could live there. Just saying. uawchild Jul 2016 #41

"Honestly, how much human habitation?" That's probably why they have tribunals (nt) LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #42

So no stated standards? I see. No chance of bias with clearly stated standards. uawchild Jul 2016 #44

Change the name to the Spratly Rocks Bradical79 Jul 2016 #45

Yeppers. uawchild Jul 2016 #46