I figured out why islands have objectively superior cultures

I was making fun of the person who said what I originally quoted durrr.
 
bhavv said:
So Britain isn't an island then?
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I never said that an island can't be an island if it has multiple countries on it. I said a country can't be an island if it has land borders with other countries. Like Haiti. Haiti cannot be an island because it shares an actual island (Hispaniola) with the Dominican Republic. If Haiti occupied the entirely of Hispaniola, then we might have a case where Haiti is both the country and the island. That is to say, the word "Haiti" would both refer to the physical land mass and the political entity, and no one would really ever distinguish between the two, unless they said "island of Haiti." For instance, Cuba refers to the island and the country. Same with Iceland.

trader/warrior said:
Papua New Guinea has a border across the island with Indonesia, Ireland has a border with Britain, Cyprus has a border with Turkey (sort of), Cuba has a border with the USA (sort of). I'm being nitpicky, of course, but when making definitions it's hard not to take it as a challenge to come up with counter-examples. :p
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Well New Guinea's actually the island and Papua New Guinea and Indonesia are countries on the island and I normally differentiate the island of Ireland from the Republic of Ireland (which we usually just call Ireland) in my head but you're kind of right. Either way, the USA will never be an island.
 
warpus said:
Not that I disagree with your position, but doesn't Cuba share a land border with the U.S... technically speaking?
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You are referring to Guantanamo bay? As I understand it that is on permanent lease, and still Cuban territory. If it was US territory then it would be under US law, and not so much use.
 
warpus said:
Ahh yes, they wanted the base on non-U.S. soil so that they could torture inmates and other such things. Right! Forgot about that..
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It does seem to me very odd. The US would not even sell them 1950's car parts, or let any other country do so, but Cuba let the US keep a military base on their territory? How does that happen?
 
Samson said:
It does seem to me very odd. The US would not even sell them 1950's car parts, or let any other country do so, but Cuba let the US keep a military base on their territory? How does that happen?
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Probably similar to a lot of other transactions, they were offered something that they felt made it worth their while, regardless of relations otherwise.
 
Goodfella said:
I never said that an island can't be an island if it has multiple countries on it. I said a country can't be an island if it has land borders with other countries. Like Haiti. Haiti cannot be an island because it shares an actual island (Hispaniola) with the Dominican Republic. If Haiti occupied the entirely of Hispaniola, then we might have a case where Haiti is both the country and the island. That is to say, the word "Haiti" would both refer to the physical land mass and the political entity, and no one would really ever distinguish between the two, unless they said "island of Haiti." For instance, Cuba refers to the island and the country. Same with Iceland.
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But you would call Haiti an island nation.
 
Like Trinidad and Tobago?
 
BvBPL said:
But you would call Haiti an island nation.
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Haiti is an island nation because it is on an island. But Haiti is not an island.

Lohrenswald said:
What about a nation with islands?
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Depends. Indonesia is not an island but Iceland is. Yes, Iceland also has other little islands other than the main island but I've already acknowledged it. I wasn't trying to be rigorous about it, I'm just saying that the USA is not an island.

BvBPL said:
Like Trinidad and Tobago?
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Trinidad and Tobago is not an island. It's two islands part of the same country. I never said a country can't be country if it has multiple islands or that an island can't be an island if it has multiple countries on it. I said a country (for the most part) cannot be an island if it shares land borders.

Next person to get confused by the statement "a country that borders other countries on the same land mass can't really be an island itself" is gonna have to talk to my lawyer.
 
Africa is an island. Its surrounded by water.
 
But if this islet is the only home of intelligent life in the incredible vastness of space, wouldn't that by itself rather up its significance? Significantly?
 
I think the only thing we can say for certain is that an island never cries.
 
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