Re: "Racism" is the cause of the sluggish response to help New Orleans

Rifty wrote: 
TheChosenPig <drtysicpig@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Where did I say "large?"  I said "significant."  All continents on this
planet, at least for the significant moment, are surrounded by water.


But continents include Eurasia, and I was talking about the lack
significant internal barriers there.

No. There is no Eurasian continent. That term is a combination of the names two continents and not a geographic term. I use the term "continent" in the light of geography. All continents on Plant Earth are separated from each other by water (effectively making them islands).

Part of this rather pointless
discussion began with someone arbitrarily deciding was was Asian and
what wasn't. It comes down to defining 'significant' features but I
don't think we really need this discussion at all, do we? When we sorted
them out we'd probably agree on the main points anyway. Culture groups
have washed all over Eurasia for millennia, comparatively unhindered by
the significant physical obstacles.

No, "subcontinent" of India doesn't count. 

Doesn't count in what sense? It has highly significant physical features
that separate it from the rest of Asia of course, unlike what separates
Europe from Asia.


Doesn't count as a continent by itself.  It is attached to a real continent.

Yes, the Americas used to be joined until somebody dug a significant ditch in Panama and filled it
with a significant amount of water. 

Yes.... in the grand scheme of things, not a great barrier between the
continents either way, if a highly significant economic innovation.

I didn't say one single word about BARRIERS between continents. Next one, please?

Continental Pig
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