--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Meynell <knm@m...> wrote:

>
> >so why cant i get over gibraltar being british
>
> IMO, you have to separate the realm from the political units. The Virgin
> Islands are demonstratively American, but not an integral part of the
> United States.

hahahaha
well you brits may account however you like for your british virgins
& your british gibraltar
& your entire british realm
& all its variegated political units

but myself
i cant so easily ignore the fact that the american virgins are indeed
american & indeed an integral part of the united states
even tho they are admittedly not one of the united states
nor even in one of the united states
nor for that matter anywhere near one of the united states

> I think there is a valid argument for suggesting that the
> French DOMs should be considered France proper, but not the likes of
> Greenland and Aruba being part of Denmark and the Netherlands respectively.

& you united europeans may argue & account however you like for all
your variegated & united or disunited overseas political units
since you are having all these political hangups about precisely what
is integral & what is not

i understand your difficulties
which are based in your realities

but you will have a hard time selling such fine distinctions in america
where no such problems exist

> I must stress that this has nothing to do with recognising claims for
> self-determination or otherwise, but merely a matter of clarifying the
> nomenclature.

yes of course
& i think clear nomenclature begins with normal use of words & names

>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin Meynell