What is the intended audience?
BJB

--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Doug Murray" <dmurray@s...> wrote:
>
> Hello all:
>
> Just finished attending the Banff Television Festival in Banff,
Alberta
> (I'm still in Calgary).
>
> I was there to meet the people that make, buy, finance television
programming.
> And to pitch some doco ideas (GCEBE, Narva, Estonia, etc).
>
> I found lots of interest in the ideas... but surprisingly, not for
individual
> documentaires, but a 13 part series on borders. How's that for a
twist?
>
> So, fellow border freaks, I am looking for 13 great border stories.
> I'd like to come up with a balance of fun/serious stories. I'm
thinking
> CA-US, US-MX (The new Berlin wall), RU-ES (Narva), NE-BE (Baarle),
IN-PK
> (Kashmir), and so on.
>
> And, of course, I welcome suggestions. :)
>
> I heard a story as well, and wonder if any of you have heard it:
when
> Israel was created, a think pencil was used to draw the shape of the
> new state. Apparently, the pencil line went through a town on what
would
> become the Israel-Egypt border. However, the lead of the pencil was
> thich enough that the line completely covered the dot marking the
town.
> And, the location of the town has been in dispute ever since.
>
> Has anyone heard this story?
>
> Doug