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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:14 AM Subject: Re: Why is Isreal (And proposed Palestinian entity) called a state? > Understood. > > But why is the convention to call the entity Isreal a State, always and invariably? > > Not important at all, but I am now curious. > > PS. Did anyone else catch a news story about a French best-selling book that claims >Flight 77 never crashed into the Pentagon, that the whole thing was staged by the US government? I saw it once on the crawler on the bottom of CNN, but never saw it again. And there is no sign of it on CNN's website. > > Jerry Johnson > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/02 09:43AM >>> > You could call Japan and France states. A state can also mean a country, it > is a language thing. > > > > At 09:43 AM 4/1/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >My father asked this question this weekend, which quickly stumped the crowd. > > > >Does anyone know why Isreal is called "The State of Isreal"? (At least > >here in the US by the press and therefore by the citizenry) > > > >We never say "The State of Japan" or "The State of France" (Well, > >sometimes, but the state is drunken). > > > >It is invariably called the State of Isreal. Never "The Country of Isreal". > > > >Also, the proposed Palestinian country is always called "A Palestinian State". > > > >What gives? > > > >Jerry Johnson > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
