Bloody Americans......

LOL
Am going to bed and not gonna argue this point anymore. Suffice to say that you are wrong wrong wrong on all points :D

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Eh...What? Not since the last ice age have we been actually attached to Europe.

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Eh What back at ya!! Britain is part of the continental landmass of Europe. Wonder what ur definition of a continent is. Just cos a little bit of dirty water separates you from too much cheese and wine doesnt mean that the land mass isnt the same. :rolleyes:

Iceland isnt part of the European continental land mass and is in fact part of the Atlantic ridge underwater mountain range. But it has been politically, economically and socially part of Europe since Viking days - Leif Erikson etc. :rolleyes:

Go read a history book :p and one on plate tectonics

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Originally posted by beachbum
But it has been politically, economically and socially part of Europe since Viking days - Leif Erikson etc.

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Would now be a good time for my very poor Leif Erikson joke?

No, thought not. :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by beachbum
Iceland isnt part of the European continental land mass and is in fact part of the Atlantic ridge underwater mountain range.

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Oh, and that's why I qualified my statement that Iceland was part of Europe...

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Eh What back at ya!! Britain is part of the continental landmass of Europe. Wonder what ur definition of a continent is. Just cos a little bit of dirty water separates you from too much cheese and wine doesnt mean that the land mass isnt the same.

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Well, don't get me wrong, I am not anti-european or anything. Indeed, I am probably more pro-european than most people in this country. And I don't dispute that we're part of Europe now.

You go to sleep and dream of the days when all we had was one continent. There was no war then! :rolleyes:

And so New Zealand must be part of Australia except for a bit of water in between?

Oh Sh*t, now I've done it... Well I'm off home.

Reunite Gondwanaland

New Zealand is joined at the teet insofar as our social security system goes but not in continental land mass :D

simonm and beachbum:
It would probably help if you argued the same point.

Simonm's point i think is that the political boundaries it wasnt part of europe. And since europe is a political boundary/ies than i would say that simon is right.

Beachbum: Was saying that britain is part of the same landmass/continental plate as the rest of europe.
Which is also correct.

But since all boundaries that are mostly adhered to are political then i'd go with simon. Otherwise you could call Australia part of europe!

Jim: NZ is on a ridge between 2 not on the same plate!

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Originally posted by HarryW
This is probably due to the fact that most Americans don't know there are actually other countries outside the US.

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countries? what countries? :D :D :D

LOL Beacon
Don't worry i am not really arguing any point just playing around. I still can't fathom how u consider Britain as a separate political entity from Europe (whatever that is politically) and yet can include Germany, France, Italy etc in Europe. What did they do before? - Sign up to a "we love europe" contract? Come on, get real.

Europe is not a political separation per se. It is a separation of the euro / asian landmass at the Urals. Hold on i was tempted to get more in depth there but will leave it :rolleyes: . It is not worth arguing about. Bring back Pangea i say. :p
Regards

PS Australia is geographically and politically an unruly part of the Great Fijian Empire and so is not part of Europe.

And JB... u can identify ppl from other countries by the lack of baseball caps, hawaiin shirts, pot bellies and volume level stuck on VERY HIGH :D

BB:
I dont consider Britain separate from Europe anymore but it once was, they all were separate.
I believe there probably was some sort of agreement probably to do with The Eurpean Union or NATO or something else.

"Europe is not a political separation per se"
Yes it is!
Your statement should be "The European Plate is not a political boundary" in which case you'd be right!
If your going to talk geology then that'd be better.

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I still can't fathom how u consider Britain as a separate political entity from Europe (whatever that is politically) and yet can include Germany, France, Italy etc in Europe. What did they do before? - Sign up to a "we love europe" contract? Come on, get real.

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eh...Yes actually. The did form the European Union before Britain joined.

And that "dirty strip of water", that we call the channel, has spared Britain from European domination several times in the past. Most notably Napolean and Hitler were left lapping at the channel, desperate to conquer Britain but having to turn back due to their inability to cross it. :p

Don't mean to be rude Beacon but i really dont think u are making much sense with ur 'argument'. And to both of ye, so u consider that Europe was only Europe after the formation of the European Union? So, that left a lot of countries out of Europe then didnt it? And even some right in the thick of it.
I think i may pull out of this arg cos i dont think it is going anywhere. :p

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so u consider that Europe was only Europe after the formation of the European Union?

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No, not as such. It was you who said "still can't fathom how u consider Britain as a separate political entity from Europe (whatever that is politically) and yet can include Germany, France, Italy etc in Europe. "

You were refering to Europe in a political sense.

At the end of the day though, it is all down to recognition. There is no hard and fast rule for allocating countries to continients and it just comes down to a consensus view.

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I think i may pull out of this arg cos i dont think it is going anywhere.

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I'm sure you said this before but you just can't get enough! :D

M...u....s...t stop typing :p LOL yeah simon i feel a bit like galileo. Anyhow, i think u missed the irony that was intended in that sentence about europe as a political entity. Didnt u see me smirk as i typed it in??

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Didnt u see me smirk as i typed it in??

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I did...But I thought you were just constipated. ;)

bb:

aaaaaaaahaha I'm not making sense!

You said this ""Europe is not a political separation per se""
Yes it is. Europe is a group of separate countries.
What else is it?

It is not a landmass!!
Thats what i'm saying.

If you say Europe is the separation between the european and asian landmasses then you'd be actually talking about the European Techtonic Plate NOT Europe as a political Entity!

Now i'm confused! I dont think anything makes sense any more!
See we got everything sorted up here in up over(australia) none of this small countries and crap!

Damn right simon!

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See we got everything sorted up here in up over(australia) none of this small countries and crap!

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Yeah right! And in Europe they want to get even smaller. If some people had their way, Britian would split into even smaller countries. Scotland and Wales would go their own way. Even England would split up. Cornwall and Yorkshire would become seperate countries.
In the end, Europe will be nothing more than a collection of city states like Luxemburg.
Maybe that's a good thing though...:confused: