For me, it's not a question of danger. It's a question of "does it make
any sense?" Here we have a few rocks sticking out of the ocean and the
only way to "inhabit" them is to build scaffolding. This is a stupid
country. How is it different from Okino Torishima (aka Baldwin's folly?)
Off the top of my head, there are other stupid countries, created by
stupid rules. This is not meant to be all inclusive. I'm sure there
are others:
4u1un & 4u1itu - both for obvious reasons. Otherwise add every embassy
and American Indian casino.
Swains - a privately owned island becomes an instant country due to a
rule change (brings up the frequently bantered topic of a few prominent
DXers "making" countries.)
When the stupid rule is corrected, the stupid countries should not
remain on the list. To me, it doesn't matter if a country is removed or
deleted. The all-time DXCC list is a showing of how old someone is,
nothing more.
73,
Barry, W2UP
P.S. In case you're wondering, I have them all and didn't need BS7
(except on RTTY.)
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