Jon wrote: > > I honestly think this is nitpicking. > Of course it is! My claim is that natural language is unsuited to logic.
> The strict definition of a country is: > And then I will come up with some paradoxes >:-) > the land of a person's birth, > residence, or citizenship OR a political state or > nation or its territory > (source: Mirriam Webster through m-w.com) > So the Austro-Hungary Empire is a country [land of a person�s birth], Antarctica is a country [residence], any organization that gives citizenship is a country [which might be as dumb as a sports club], Montana is a country [political state], the Nation of Islam is a country [nation], the island of Elba is a country [territory] :-P Alberto Monteiro
