Fw: (Cyprus), Nicosia is in Europe not Asia.- end of discussion?

[John Cowan]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Infoman Inc. wrote:

> Could we end this discussion by simple stating that "tz" referencing of
> timezones to "continents" does not imply or pertain to geo-political
> considerations?

If only we could.  Unfortunately, the lines between "continents" on the
World Island are pretty arbitrary.  And deciding which "continent"
an island belongs to is even more so.

-- 
John Cowan                                   cowan at ccil.org
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