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| No go for Pakistan Road |
| 2005-08-15 |
| Politicians yield to public pressure and reject the name Pakistan Road for a short dirt road in a summerhouse quarter Owners of a few summerhouses and vegetable patches in Copenhagen's Amager quarter rejoiced on Friday, after it became clear that their houses would not get the address Pakistani Road. The Road Directorate originally decided to give the name to the two-metre long dirt road but met with cries of protests, as the quarter's residents, most of whom own small summerhouses and vegetable gardens on allotments near the road, did not feel that it was Danish enough. The city's politicians decided to heed the residents' call, and name the road 'By Kastrup Fort', as the locals had proposed. Councillor Monica Thon from the Radical Liberal Party (sic) told daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten that she had been against the Pakistan name from the beginning, as it was not descriptive enough of the road. Thon emphasised, however, that she was not hostile towards Pakistan as a country. 'I'm well aware that this case may sound like it has some kind of a hostile tone, but I think it would be insulting to name a tiny dirt road after a big country like Pakistan,' she said. 'We are building like crazy around Copenhagen, and I would be surprised if we couldn't find a more fitting and bigger road and name it after Pakistan.' Heh. Howz about the road to the garbage dump? |
| Posted by:Ebbolutch Thavick3284 |
| #1 How about a road heading out of the country? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-15 09:54 |