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Salaman 16 Oct 2013 23:06:20 24,162 posts
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Here's a colour coded map for you.

Rodney 16 Oct 2013 23:10:04 5,029 posts
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I consider myself of Cornish nationality, Celtic heritage, European culturally and I live in Australia. What am I?

Edited by Rodney at 23:11:15 16-10-2013

Deleted user 16 October 2013 23:16:22

@Rodney You are Rodney, and you must never forget that.

Deleted user 16 October 2013 23:23:32

@Salaman

Didn't know Indonesia is part Asia and part Australia. Is that really so?

edit: Damned, it is -.-

But that only proves my case, obviously.

Edited by DrStrangelove at 23:24:29 16-10-2013

Rodney 16 Oct 2013 23:27:54 5,029 posts
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I really don't get continents. What is what is so arbitrary

Deleted user 17 October 2013 00:09:22

Hear ye. For whatever reason, it's still "Europe" and not "Germany".

spamdangled 17 Oct 2013 00:21:26 31,803 posts
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Rodney wrote:
I really don't get continents. What is what is so arbitrary

Tectonic plates.

Deleted user 17 October 2013 00:27:37

darkmorgado wrote:

Rodney wrote:
I really don't get continents. What is what is so arbitrary
Tectonic plates.

That'd make India and the Arabian peninsula continents on their own though, and the rest of Asia a supercontinent with Europe, wouldn't it?

Edited by DrStrangelove at 00:28:03 17-10-2013

Deleted user 17 October 2013 02:19:12

The continents as we know them are broadly defined by cultural and ethnic differences, which in themselves are broadly defined by the landmasses, which are then broadly defined by the tectonic plates. It all depends on how anal you're going to get about the definition.

Mola_Ram 17 Oct 2013 02:29:24 26,187 posts
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I am a happy citizen of Gondwanaland, thank you very much

Deleted user 17 October 2013 03:16:43

DrStrangelove wrote:

monkman76 wrote:

DrStrangelove wrote:

X201 wrote:
The UK is one of the islands of Europe.
It is part of Europe.
You are European.

Its a geographic thing as well as a political one.
Are you sure? Europe is geographically and culturally separated from Britain. Aren't Norway and Turkey culturally closer than Britain and France?
What continent would you say Britain was part of then?
I don't think Britain is part of anything. Britain is her own continent. She sometimes tried to appease continental Europe in the past, or the North American continent in the more recent past, but her own historical/cultural significance doesn't allow her to be "part" of anything else, does it?

You're making a cultural/political statement. One I disagree with, but nevertheless. As has been said, 'Europe' means different thigs

Deleted user 17 October 2013 03:17:40

Ps. The Normans, and history until the birth of the nation state, say hiiiiii

X201 17 Oct 2013 05:23:37 22,150 posts
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DrStrangelove wrote:

X201 wrote:
The UK is one of the islands of Europe.
It is part of Europe.
You are European.

Its a geographic thing as well as a political one.
Are you sure? Europe is geographically and culturally separated from Britain. Aren't Norway and Turkey culturally closer than Britain and France?

I'm sure.
Geographically the UK is part of the European continent.

Culture is a totally different criteria that you have just introduced.

Deleted user 17 October 2013 05:54:40

How is it in Continental Europe? Would the citizens of those countries readily identify themselves as being "European", or is thinking in terms of what continent are you from just too broad?

I'm Irish, have lived all my life in Ireland and have never heard another Irish person refer to themselves as being European and while I don't readily identify myself as such, I do acknowledge that yes, I am European.

Deleted user 17 October 2013 07:21:34

When your talking continents you have to think how you define them. As there can be multiple measures,� broadly speaking it is geographical based on tectonic plates and natural boundaries such as mountain ranges. However their is some flexibility in this defination to allow for cultural differences and shared heritage.

These rules also apply to national borders, however wars and history effect these more. As for identifying culture and how society views it, well that's a whole other topic and out of the scope of a simple gaming forum. For example Russia is politically part of Europe (not the EU) but geographically�is also part of Asia and the Artic, so where do you place them culturally ? People love to put things into boxes.

Edited by Sharzam at 07:35:33 17-10-2013

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