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Sorry to butt in, but I have to share my thoughts about this whole "waterclad" business. I don't like it. It seems to be a play on "Ironclad" which brings to mind something strong, like a battleship, wrapped in iron. In contrast, "waterclad" seems nonsensical (my spellcheck doesn't even like it. Kek.) Wrapped in water? Huh? In the context of laws, there is no 'waterclad.' But there is 'watertight.' As in, no one can poke holes in this argument and make it 'leaky.'
So, unless I'm entirely missing the point, I'm going to chalk this one up to a lack of understanding of American English idioms, and treating the whole GN pitch to us as extremely sus. I'm still peeking in on their telegram, but my mind has put them in the "not serious" category.
GeorgeNews did mention they didn't mean "ironclad" so I'm sure they're aware that it should be ironclad, not waterclad.
I absolutely agree it doesn’t sound like the appropriate word to be used at all. Do you know about Terramar though? My intuition is telling me that it is a reference to that. I know very little about this “water country” but I do know that it exists and has laws. Just wondering if there is some connection.
I've read a bit about it, and I think it theoretically could have some kind of connection, but as it was formally dissolved in December of 2019, and its founder is currently being charged with multinational crimes, that would seem to take quite a bit of wind out of the sails of that theory, especially in the context of a strong legal standing. But we do live in bizarro-world, so I'm keeping eyes and ears open for any eventuality.