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Listen to mig...he knows whereof he speaks.

Besides, Poland being on a par with the US on the secular/rationality scale, all of Europe lies north of the US on the rationality scale, except, like I mentioned, Ireland.

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by papicek (papi_cek_at_hotmail_dot_com) on Wed Apr 22nd, 2009 at 10:53:20 AM EST
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except, like I mentioned, Ireland.

And Portugal and Turkey, as asdf mentioned. (Portugal somehow got misplaced into Latin America.)

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Wed Apr 22nd, 2009 at 01:04:14 PM EST
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Just checked the map...good catch on Portugal, though I always thought Turkey fell in Asia.

Just checked an online map which puts Turkey in Asia like I thought.

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by papicek (papi_cek_at_hotmail_dot_com) on Wed Apr 22nd, 2009 at 08:21:09 PM EST
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Though most of it is in Asia, Turkey spans two continents. The border of Europe and Asia is the Bosphorus, the historical core of Istambul is on the European side.

Meanwhile, in various fields, Turkey is bound to Europe stronger than to Asia: NATO membership, Council of Europe membership, aspiration to join the EU, UEFA membership [for the uninitiated: the European federation of football associations, which is something like MLB, NLF and NBA combined in importance], Eurovision membership.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 at 02:50:20 AM EST
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BTW, on the map you link, there is the area explicitely marked "European Turkey".

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by DoDo on Thu Apr 23rd, 2009 at 02:51:10 AM EST
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