Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Surely a continent's land-mass areas have to be contiguous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattleonard Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Surely a continent's land-mass areas have to be contiguous? Yeah, maybe. In that case we should invite South Africa and China to join the EU. Or maybe we should just continue to use the definition that most people have used since the 8th century, if not all the way back to Herodotus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Surely a continent's land-mass areas have to be contiguous? So is Denmark Part of Europe or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 So is Denmark Part of Europe or not? Why not? It was contiguous when I last checked. I've looked today again at http://denmark.dk/en/quick-facts/map-of-denmark/ and- yes- its southern boundary is with Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattleonard Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Why not? It was contiguous when I last checked. I've looked today again at http://denmark.dk/en/quick-facts/map-of-denmark/ and- yes- its southern boundary is with Germany. Only half of it. Or do you count bridges (like the one at Middelfart) to contribute to a landmass? If so, why don't tunnels count too? (I'll be honest - the previous paragraph was mostly an excuse to type "Middelfart") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I count an island as land surrounded by water. Don't you? But- back on topic- maybe now might have been a good time to go to Greece on holiday. With £ sterling very strong against the Euro, I guess that UK visitors would be most welcomed. But what if the food runs out, and what if the hospitals are not re-stocked? No, on second thoughts, don't go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattleonard Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I count an island as land surrounded by water. Don't you? Yes, but we're talking about a continent, not an island. What's your basis for claiming that Denmark is contiguously attached to Europe? By your criterion its capital city isn't even part of Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 What's your basis for claiming that Denmark is contiguously attached to Europe? Border with Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 This debate is getting rather silly. Being on the edge of Europe, we can easily choose whether or not to join the emerging single european state. Either is physically practical. The land border thing makes no sense at all. By that argument Europe, Asia and Africa are a single continent since they are a single land mass. Continents are defined the way they are for historical reasons and this has no bearing on whether we should stay in the european federal government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattleonard Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Border with Germany. Flippineck! So given that crazy definition we're not part of Europe, except for between 1347 and 1558. Why can't you just use the same definition that (almost) everyone else does? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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