Re: paleonet stir it up?

["chris king" <chrking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dont let's forget that this started with an innocent request for locality information.

The terminology of science is a means of international communication, and in a geographically based science such as geology this includes locality information. Our political views should have no bearing on our need to provide universally understood information. To ignore existing geopolitical units (e.g. Spain) runs counter to this need, and sets a dangerous trend. We cannot pretend, for example, that (at present) Tibet is not part of China, or that northern Ireland is not part of the U K.  This does not mean that we dont respect (or agree with) the views of those opposed to their current status.

We are all involved in politics, whether we like it or not, but please lets keep it out of our science.  

Chris King 

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