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Pig War (1859)

25 points by samclemens 4y ago

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bombcar 4y ago
Robert’s Rules of Pig War Order.
incompatible 4y ago
Comments from 2019: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21144627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21144627
boberoni 4y ago
For a humorous, animated video summary of the Pig War, check out the YouTube channel "Oversimplified": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLq6GEiHqR8&ab_channel=OverSimplified https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLq6GEiHqR8&ab_channel=OverS...
Quiza12 4y ago
Reminded me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  A moment of silence for the brave veterans of that war.
__mharrison__ 4y ago
Visited the San Juan Islands this summer. Super beautiful up there. The Brits certainly had the better camp.
dudeinjapan 4y ago
San Juans are one of the most beautiful places on Earth
polartx 4y ago
Reminds me of the Honey War (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_War), where some ambiguity in the cartography of waterways and a self-idolizing governor nearly led to the militias of neighboring states squaring off.
colinmegill 4y ago
Lived on SJI for 4 years, taught at the independent school there as a history teacher and taught the Pig War. One of the standouts if you're visiting is the contrast between English Camp: https://www.google.com/search?q=english+camp+sji&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS948US948&sxsrf=ALiCzsYUoP7lzU70G9tqEEcXnaVNKowtaQ:1666251862844&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwielpDzp-76AhXzBjQIHei0AocQ_AUoA3oECAEQBQ&biw=1680&bih=946&dpr=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=english+camp+sji&rlz=1C5CHFA... and American Camp: https://www.google.com/search?q=american+camp+san+juan+island&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS948US948&sxsrf=ALiCzsaX52pVlslxRFUOxPQrXjGQ0HGBmw:1666251895157&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-s8SCqO76AhUMGDQIHXhbBvwQ_AUoAnoECAMQBA&biw=1680&bih=946&dpr=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=american+camp+san+juan+islan... at opposite ends of the island. One is very exposed and windy and an extremely exposed place to set up camp, and the other is English Camp :)
komposit 4y ago
“ Despite being referred to as a "war" there were no casualties on either side, aside from the pig.”
cafard 4y ago
There was also a so-called pig war in the Balkans about 1910, also bloodless--this one even for the pigs. The Austro-Hungarian Empire refused to allow the import of pigs from Serbia, which was I guess a large share of Serbia's export trade. This it intended to bring Serbia to a right way of thinking. The embargo only increased Serbia's resentment of the empire.

Pig War (1859)

25 points by samclemens 4y ago

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bombcar 4y ago

Robert’s Rules of Pig War Order.

incompatible 4y ago

Comments from 2019: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21144627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21144627

boberoni 4y ago

For a humorous, animated video summary of the Pig War, check out the YouTube channel "Oversimplified": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLq6GEiHqR8&ab_channel=OverSimplified https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLq6GEiHqR8&ab_channel=OverS...

Quiza12 4y ago

Reminded me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
A moment of silence for the brave veterans of that war.

__mharrison__ 4y ago

Visited the San Juan Islands this summer. Super beautiful up there. The Brits certainly had the better camp.

dudeinjapan 4y ago

San Juans are one of the most beautiful places on Earth

polartx 4y ago

Reminds me of the Honey War (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_War), where some ambiguity in the cartography of waterways and a self-idolizing governor nearly led to the militias of neighboring states squaring off.

colinmegill 4y ago

Lived on SJI for 4 years, taught at the independent school there as a history teacher and taught the Pig War. One of the standouts if you're visiting is the contrast between English Camp: https://www.google.com/search?q=english+camp+sji&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS948US948&sxsrf=ALiCzsYUoP7lzU70G9tqEEcXnaVNKowtaQ:1666251862844&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwielpDzp-76AhXzBjQIHei0AocQ_AUoA3oECAEQBQ&biw=1680&bih=946&dpr=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=english+camp+sji&rlz=1C5CHFA... and American Camp: https://www.google.com/search?q=american+camp+san+juan+island&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS948US948&sxsrf=ALiCzsaX52pVlslxRFUOxPQrXjGQ0HGBmw:1666251895157&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-s8SCqO76AhUMGDQIHXhbBvwQ_AUoAnoECAMQBA&biw=1680&bih=946&dpr=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=american+camp+san+juan+islan... at opposite ends of the island. One is very exposed and windy and an extremely exposed place to set up camp, and the other is English Camp :)

komposit 4y ago

“ Despite being referred to as a "war" there were no casualties on either side, aside from the pig.”

cafard 4y ago

There was also a so-called pig war in the Balkans about 1910, also bloodless--this one even for the pigs. The Austro-Hungarian Empire refused to allow the import of pigs from Serbia, which was I guess a large share of Serbia's export trade. This it intended to bring Serbia to a right way of thinking. The embargo only increased Serbia's resentment of the empire.