peter
> Sea, when it can be
> considered "land" at all, would be "everyones land"
well the leading edge of everyones land
as it emanates from its antarctic base toward the civilized world
falls at least 3 & typically 12 nautical miles out to sea
from the coastal baselines of the countries
or in other worlds
exactly where the national maritime territorial claims end
so not only could the sea be considered & acknowledged
but at the same time the actual legal boundaries too
rather than only the convenient coastal edges
of the claves or nonclaves or whatever you want to call them
but of course this would actually afford more of a topological than
any practical or functional view
for including everyones land in the global mosaic
rather than just leaving the usual blank nonnational space for it
means everything gets abutted or surrounded by something
& this represents a great simplification for multipointing
& for topological clavology
but probably a real stumbling block for all the other clavologies
so i think the greatest part of the difficulty in coming to any
consensus about nomenclature is that we all seem to be
entertaining the claves from a variety of interests & points of view
but the fellowship is great & the try is valiant
no matter what the outcome