On 10 Sep 2004, at 10:35, wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org wrote:
Message: 6 Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:35:02 -0700 From: Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net
Jens Ropers wrote:
On 10 Sep 2004, at 01:23, Fred Bauder wrote:
Interestingly, Britain and Ireland are considered part of Europe, even Iceland is, while Cuba is not considered part of North America.
Fred
Is that so? Well... four words: United States foreign politics ;-)
I believe that this position predates the Castro era.
Ec
Hm. That's probably because of the "islands aren't continents" concept I referenced earlier.
-J
Ok i think that this topic has gone a bit overboard now
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:43:05 +0200, Jens Ropers ropers@ropersonline.com wrote:
On 10 Sep 2004, at 10:35, wikien-l-request@Wikipedia.org wrote:
Message: 6 Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:35:02 -0700 From: Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net
Jens Ropers wrote:
On 10 Sep 2004, at 01:23, Fred Bauder wrote:
Interestingly, Britain and Ireland are considered part of Europe, even Iceland is, while Cuba is not considered part of North America.
Fred
Is that so? Well... four words: United States foreign politics ;-)
I believe that this position predates the Castro era.
Ec
Hm. That's probably because of the "islands aren't continents" concept I referenced earlier.
-J
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