[WikiEN-l] Why voting *is* evil
Mark Gallagher
m.g.gallagher at student.canberra.edu.au
Wed Apr 12 00:59:14 UTC 2006
G'day Phil,
> On Apr 11, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>
>>If the Americans had done the right thing and called it New Georgia to
>>follow the pattern that was started with Hampshire, York and Jersey we
>>wouldn't be having this problem. Nobody complains about the name
>>South
>>Georgia except perhaps the Argentinians.
>
> Georgia wasn't named after the country of Georgia, it was named after
> King George II.
George II ... that's the one who *isn't* The British Tyrant, right?
(Congratulations on recognising additional Georges, old boy.)
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Mark Gallagher
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