China shoots down satellite

[Ava Estelle]

Are you saying that North America is one of the world's SIX continents? Maybe you should have paid attention in the 4th grade!

Do consider Europe a separate continent from Asia?

It would be rather idiotic for you to say North and South America comprise one continent and then say Europe and Asia are separate.

Once again busybody gets confused over what the poster says and what experts say. I am not responsible for naming continents, if you'd paid attention at school you would have known that.

[Chip Monk]

I am not responsible for naming continents, if you'd paid attention at school you would have known that.

It seems unlikely that they would have mentioned you specifically in his classes. Unless of course you are a famous Geographer :earl:.

To be fair you seem to have been everything else, including but not limited to a lesbian vegetarian. So I suppose it's possible.

[MCHeshPants420]

There's no definite answer to the continents question, I just read this which defends (from a geological point of view) Europe and Asia as being seperate and throws in India (I doubt Jade Goody will be happy at that) for good measure...

By the geologists' definition, Europe and Asia are separate continents since they have separate, distinct ancient shield areas and a distinct newer mobile belt (the Ural Mountains) forming the mutual margin. Also, India is a geological continent, as it contains a central shield, and the geologically recent Himalaya mobile belt forms its northern margin. North America and South America are separate continents, the connecting isthmus being largely the result of volcanism from relatively recent subduction tectonics. But the North American continent also includes Greenland, which is a portion of Canadian Shield, and the mobile belt forming its western margin includes the easternmost portion of the Asian land mass.

Anyhow, what do continents have to do with China winning the space-arms-race?

[Barbarossa]

<< Insert incontinence joke here >>

[Ava Estelle]

I am not responsible for naming continents, if you'd paid attention at school you would have known that.

It seems unlikely that they would have mentioned you specifically in his classes. Unless of course you are a famous Geographer :earl:.

To be fair you seem to have been everything else, including but not limited to a lesbian vegetarian. So I suppose it's possible.

Are you another JP, or just another troll, both maybe? Do you ever have anything constructive to say to anyone? I guess being a catholic you can just confess every now and then and feel good about yourself, however, to non-catholics you really are a bit of a dick.

[Busyman]

Do consider Europe a separate continent from Asia?

It would be rather idiotic for you to say North and South America comprise one continent and then say Europe and Asia are separate.

Once again busybody gets confused over what the poster says and what experts say. I am not responsible for naming continents, if you'd paid attention at school you would have known that.

What's there to be confused about?

I simply asked you a question and made a statement.

I already know that people have different reasons for naming continents.

[Busyman]

There's no definite answer to the continents question, I just read this which defends (from a geological point of view) Europe and Asia as being seperate and throws in India (I doubt Jade Goody will be happy at that) for good measure...

By the geologists' definition, Europe and Asia are separate continents since they have separate, distinct ancient shield areas and a distinct newer mobile belt (the Ural Mountains) forming the mutual margin. Also, India is a geological continent, as it contains a central shield, and the geologically recent Himalaya mobile belt forms its northern margin. North America and South America are separate continents, the connecting isthmus being largely the result of volcanism from relatively recent subduction tectonics. But the North American continent also includes Greenland, which is a portion of Canadian Shield, and the mobile belt forming its western margin includes the easternmost portion of the Asian land mass.

Anyhow, what do continents have to do with China winning the space-arms-race?

I'd have to answer, "Notadamnthing".

The reason above for naming continents is ridiculous. Why don't the "experts" just leave it at "an immense discrete land mass"?

[Barbarossa]

I think it's ridiculous that Europe and Asia are considered separate continents. It has no basis besides some typa cultural crap.

By the geologists' definition, Europe and Asia are separate continents since they have separate, distinct ancient shield areas and a distinct newer mobile belt (the Ural Mountains) forming the mutual margin.

Proof you don't know what you're talking about. There is a geological basis.

[bigboab]

I think this could go on and on.


You could divide north America using the Rockies as an excuse.
You could divide South America using the Andes as an excuse.
You could divide Australia using Rikk.

[Barbarossa]

Well, it's all to do with tectonic plates, innit