Re: paleonet Palaeontology versus Geography versus Cultural Respect Versus Politics

["Bruno GRANIER" <brcgranier@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My feeling is that there are official international borders between countries and we do not have to care about so-called "nations, tribes or races" ... For instance, Bosnia is Bosnia (if you just want to say one part of it is part of the Great Croatia or the Great Serbia, you put yourself into "Great" trouble), Padonia is not a country, Europe is a super-country, Palestine and Israel are countries ... Paleontology should not care of "ancient civilisation/nations/not to say cultures"  when dealing with present-day geography ... The concept "one nation = one country" is just a facist ideal!

I remember sometimes ago there was a similar discussion on IBERPAL@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES

Niko you are right: we should probably stop the dicussion right there.

Cheers,
Bruno

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>Objet : Re: paleonet Palaeontology versus Geography versus Cultural Respect Versus Politics
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> Latitude and longitude provide an objective, non-cultural/political
> means of locating points upon the Earth's surface.
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> Duncan McLean
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