On 5/21/07, Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
"This is ludicrous" is the mailing list (née USENET) way of saying "I disagree with this".
Thank you for catching me at the same level of hyperbole as I'm ticked at in others! ;)
Suppose Federation had occured slightly earlier, such that Queensland (which we'll be calling "Germany" for this experiment) had existed as an Australian State for longer than Germany has as Germany. How many Australians would be demanding that Germany the country should not be at [[Germany]], because a disambig (at least) or even the state belongs there?
Quite a few, no doubt. Of course, the situations aren't quite the same in your experiment; the English-language mindshare of the nation vs. the state would be quite substantially different. Even in America. Even if Germany was an American state instead of Australian in this thought experiment.
-Matt