>On Fri, 22 Jan 99 9:58:54, Arjan Hulsebos <arj...@cs.vu.nl> wrote:
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>>In article <1dm0d14.159...@dialup112.mechelen.skynet.be>,
>>Paul Goris <pa...@skynet.be> wrote:
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>>>The formation of *any* country was dictated by politics.
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>>Not always. Iceland and Australia are counterexamples, I think.
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>Isn't colonisation a very political matter, or how do you define 'country'?
>As a natural entity (like an isolated island), or as a (nation-)state
>(which is a political invention in itself)?
Hee hij is niet dood, de Grimmlin!