"Brian" <bandj@o2.co.uk> wrote in message
news:slrnf6qhnt.2tq.bandj@mymachine.invalid[color=blue]
> On 2007-06-11, Heimo Hetl <trashcan@hetl.net> wrote:
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> > Ivor Jones <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > Count 2 - I was not born in a country called Europe
> > > therefore I cannot be a European.[/color]
> >
> > Europe is not a country. It is a nation created to end
> > the notion of nations.[/color]
>
> There is no sensible answer to the question 'Were you
> born in a country called Europe?'. The premise is
> nonsense. It doesn't matter what is said subsequently as
> the foundation of the argument is flawed. The conclusion
> is nonsense.[/color]

Therefore calling someone a European is nonsense.

But we've been here before.


Ivor