& if you hadnt clipped what he wrote & the prior messages he
was responding to
you could see even now
by just scrolling down
that he didnt mean what you think he meant
but your point is well taken
that any international borders found on other planets will most
likely not have been manmade
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "L. A. Nadybal"
<lnadybal@c...> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "m06079"
<barbaria_longa@h...>
> wrote, in reaction to Len's question "All international borders
are
> "manmade", aren't they?",
>
> > "why do you ask"
>
> Assuming that the inquiry wasn't academic, here's why:
Because
> Michael wrote that a prior message led to this question in his
mind:
> "...which manmade segments are NOT straight?". Len in turn
asked his
> question in order to elicit whether members exist who believe
there
> could be something beside man that could work and make
borders.
>
> > did anybody say or even imply they werent
>
> Yep. Definitely. You can easily spot the implication if you
rephrase
> the question and leave "manmade" out of it, and then parse the
> differences between the two. With the modifier "manmade",
the
> question encompasses only a portion of the universe of border
creators.
>
> If there are other such creatures "out there", the posed
question
> doesn't contemplate considering any curvy borders "they"
might have
> made. But, hey, as long as we're exploring the manmade
ones...
>
> LN