I just meant based on what he was saying he meant "Mike" to mean
you. But of course on a larger scale it was to both of us, and then
on a larger scale to all who have participated in the thread, and
then on a larger scale to all who have read the thread, and then on a
larger scale to all of BP.
And the Armenian site...I see the map now, but in the text they only
speak of the administrative divisions of Armenia proper and exlude
speaking of Nagorno-Karabakh (unless you see something I don't).
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak" <aletheiak@y...>
wrote:
> yikes
> is our mind still clouded again
>
> tomorrow we thought we will already take care of that yesterday
>
> now mike thinks this must be me & i think it must be arif
>
> btw mike that armenian site is indeed lame today
>
> so please try it again tomorrow
>
> it was fine yesterday
>
> but anyway
> it is just a government map showing armenia in 2 clumps
>
> the basic metrople plus nagorno karabakh
>
> with no other claves indicated
>
>
> more below lowell
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > Arif wrote:
> >
> > > American and Western European maps
> > > have clouded Mike and almost everybody else's mind on
> > > the subject that what maps draw are imaginary lines
> > > and not statements of facts. These lines can be
> > > imagined by different countries according to their own
> > > thought. I have seen enclaves appear and disappear
> > > from Bangladeshi maps two or three times knowing full
> > > well that they did exist. Just because it didn't show
> > > up on a map does not mean it didn't exist. I wouldn't
> > > be surprised if such uncertain boundary mapping was
> > > the norm instead of the exception outside the Western
> > > countries.
> >
> > All to often, maps are nothing more than propaganda.
>
> a euripidean chorus couldnt have said it better
>
> but is it only the frequency you bewail
>
> well then how often would be not all too often
>
> & how often would be not too often at all
>
> for if only we knew
> we will be able to take care of that also long before yesterday
>
>
> One must consider the
> > source.
> > I remember entering the Peruvian pavilion at the 1984 New
> Orleans world's fair
> > to be greeted by a wall-sized map depicting the Peruvian
> version of the
> > Ecuador-Peru boundary.
>
> why did you ever think to do that
>
> & did it really greet you like that
>
> hola chico
> bienvenido to peruse our pavilion
> but hay que consider ze source
>
>
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA