Subject: Re: British External Terrritories and French ones!<br/>
Date: Apr 16, 2005 @ 05:05<br/>
Author: aletheiak (&quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-82714421">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@m...&gt; wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Unfortunately, I&#39;m not certain of the exact distinction between a <br/>
&gt; Territorial Collective and Overseas Territory, and in any case there now <br/>
&gt; seem to be additional distinctions. Furthermore, I believe that Corsica is <br/>
&gt; also considered a Territorial Collective, although still within <br/>
&gt; Metropolitan France.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>yikes but why is all that so unfortunate<br/>
<br/>
i would have thought having somewhere left to go & grow on ones quest would be a <br/>
compound blessing<br/>
<br/>
in fact wouldnt it be best to prolong the enjoyment of it as much as possible<br/>
since the journey is all<br/>
isnt it<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
also<br/>
& in that spirit<br/>
tho the term external territories is occasionally used in a general sense<br/>
albeit somewhat loosely <br/>
if not downright erroneously<br/>
external territories are in fact officially had & enjoyed <br/>
in all the world<br/>
o n l y <br/>
by australia<br/>
<br/>
by contrast the usa for example seems to have & call her own simply <br/>
territories <br/>
or else simply <br/>
possessions <br/>
or sometimes <br/>
territorial possessions or insular areas<br/>
while the cia factbook & wikipedia call them dependent areas & indeed apply this term not <br/>
only to those of the usa & oz but to all others as well<br/>
including the british & french overseas territories etc etc<br/>
<br/>
all of which btw wikipedia also calls <br/>
dependent territories<br/>
i think most comprehensively & sensibly & felicitously<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-dependent-territories">http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-dependent-territories</a><br/>
since not all overseas nor all supposedly external territories are dependent<br/>
for in fact some are as politically integral as the mainland<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
& for the topological sense of the same term <br/>
external territories<br/>
i think the term territorial exclaves also cant be improved upon<br/>
& confers the extra benefit of calling the question of what is the very best term for <br/>
the main unit<br/>
in the topolgical sense as well in as the jurisdictional sense<br/>
<br/>
both of which have hitherto not been very seriously considered i think<br/>
<br/>
& may even deserve & require separate & distinct best terms</div>