Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Fiat boundaries<br/>
Date: May 03, 2001 @ 16:22<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1602172674">of course  you are right as usual  david<br/>
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& it makes me want to exchange the term  singular fiat  boundaries<br/>
for which we have now most probably affirmed  in the world class  only<br/>
  the dry dzmr boundary between algeria & mauritania<br/>
  & the negated wet ngtd boundary in lake chad<br/>
in favor of the new term  solo fiat  boundaries<br/>
<br/>
this represents a nomenclatural improvement & finesse<br/>
since it is more exactly in keeping with your nuance<br/>
  a fiat & nothing but a fiat & without any natural bona fides<br/>
& also because it says so in latin too<br/>
& perhaps most pointedly because this affirmative dry & negative wet dyad<br/>
of single fiat only boundaries of ours is now looking not only very special<br/>
indeed but actually unique in the world<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
also i see your pal & our member multi emeritus barry is at it again at<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith/articles/tvf.html">http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith/articles/tvf.html</a><br/>
<br/>
i trust that this & now you too will help us with the global ontological &<br/>
mereotopological clavoscopy you have instigated<br/>
<br/>
m<br/>
<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;By the way, fiat boundaries don&#39;t have to be straight lines.<br/>
&gt;Fiat boundaries are any boundaries that are located where they are because<br/>
&gt;some authority declared the boundary to be there.  In a sense, all<br/>
&gt;political boundries are fiat boundaries, sometimes the fiat declaration<br/>
&gt;is that the boundary is a straight line or a circular arc; other times the<br/>
&gt;declaration might be that the boundary follows the thalweg or the drainage<br/>
&gt;divide. In these latter cases the fiat boundary follows or is co-located<br/>
&gt;with a natural or bona fide boundary or discontinuity in the world.<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;David<br/>
&gt;<br/>
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