• InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    Sorry, I think this was a mistake.

    I think it would have been better for one household to welcome them warmly, say they were proud to have them in their home.

    And when they showed up, sat down, had tea, had 100 greenlanders in with literal torches and pitchforks come in screaming obscenities of every kind and demanding they leave while streaming the whole thing.

    Bonus points if their as detail draw their weapons, which are banned in greenland, so they end up in jail as a diplomatic incident.

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      4 days ago

      In trumps first week of his first term he invited a dictator here and his security beat the fuck out of American protesters on American soil.

      Nothing happened. They got on a plane and left.

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      Way too much. Just put a rug over the ice fishing hole in the living room and let the problem take care of itself.

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
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      You don’t think diplomatic immunity would apply? I’m sure the secret service would just sit there while a hundred people swarm. Enjoy your fantasy, but that would never happen irl.

      • Tuukka R@sopuli.xyz
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        Diplomatic immunity is in effect only for people invited to the country as diplomats. The ambassador of USA to Finland does not have immunity when he travels to Sweden.

        What I wonder: what are the laws regarding a person coming to Greenland in order to work there as a worker of a foreign company/organization? Did Vance enter Greenland as a tourist? Since he was working from Greenland’s soil without a work visa, was he an illegal immigrant?

        Three weeks with lights constantly on, amirite?

      • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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        Diplomatic immunity applies to criminal charges.

        This is different, this is not diplomatic in any way, the only issue is that the government is bound to protect foreign dignitaries and foreign citizens.

        HOWEVER: a state of hostility can be interpreted, and since there is no formal diplomatic delegation this can be interpreted as a hostile incursion.

        In any case, since they have been asked not to come Greenland has 0 obligation to protect them in any way, and they have 0 diplomatic protection as persona non grata.