All such attempts at dividing the world into artificial regions are subject to
poor definition and contradiction.

Take, for instance, the once-common but now-seldom-heard term Near East. The
Eurocentric part of the world saw, when it looked eastward, a Near East, a
Middle East, and a Far East. Where was the Near East? In what is now called
the Middle East! In fact, modern journalistic usage sometimes includes in the
Middle East some northern African countries that were too far west even to be
included in the original Near East.

Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Meynell" <knm@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Hammerfest or?

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>>for example there doesnt appear to be any member in 2 regions or
>>subregions which of course would be a geographical absurdity in view of
>>the size & diversity of some of them
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> I don't see the point(s) in arbitrarily dividing the world into continents
> in the first place (unless you just have Afroeurasia, the Americas,
> Australia and Antarctica) not to mention that Oceania isn't a continent at
> all, but some people just like to do it.
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> Regards,
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> Kevin Meynell
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