Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Marine 4point? - Scandinavia<br/>
Date: Feb 24, 2003 @ 09:31<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;kevin@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1757757261"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt;In places like Europe and parts of Asia and Africa you have countries with <br/>
&gt;mainly native<br/>
&gt;population and those are the places of origin of the different ethnicities.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>But what exactly is a native population? Anglo-Saxons are often considered <br/>
to be the native population of England, but they were preceded by the <br/>
Romans, Celts and Neolithic man (amongst others). They in turn, were partly <br/>
displaced by the Vikings and Normans.<br/>
<br/>
In the Caribbean, the original Arawaks were displaced by the Caribs long <br/>
before the Europeans turned-up, and similar population changes happened in <br/>
the rest of the New World as well...<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;So where do YOU draw the border...for Scandinavia, for...?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>The notion of a nation state is a relatively recent one, and they&#39;re <br/>
largely artificial creations. People always seem to want to divide around <br/>
arbitrary lines, even if there&#39;s no real reason to do so. Even in the <br/>
smallest buildings, you find informal divisions forming around different <br/>
floors or wings, or even one side of a corridor or the other, and all <br/>
viewing each other with mutual suspicion ;-)<br/>
<br/>
Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>