This website is a good example of an obvious hoax website. Its claim is that Belgium – an entire country! – doesn’t exist. It’s presented in the form of humorous anti-liberal propaganda saying Belgium has been made up to “propagate the Liberal agenda throughout the world”. The only information we have about the author is his email address and supposedly his name. He has no profile, no picture and he says he has no political position. There’s no way we can rely on his information. The website is designed as a blog without any table of contents but the layout remains clear and the grammar and spelling are perfect. We can say it’s quite up to date as it was updated in August 2008. The provided links work and redirect us to serious or official websites but they are put in a totally absurd context which doesn’t give us the feeling that the information is real. It’s designed as an informative website but you always keep in mind that it’s a sarcastic joke. A gift shop exists to support the website by selling goodies promoting the author’s ideas. In short, the website is designed to be funny and there is almost no way one could trust it as a reliable source of information.
Nicolas & Maverick
Friday, February 13, 2009
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Your crazy, of course Belgium is fiction. How can you doubt a site as reputable as this?
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