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mobby_6kl posted:That's weird, I'll need to double-check my sources. The old blued-in map.
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Count Roland posted:This map is very politically loaded. Canada has lost most of its Artic islands, as have Norway and Russia.
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Oct 14, 2015 16:13
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 I don't even know where to start with this one. A terrible map! 
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Oct 14, 2015 17:40
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Yeah, they've missed off the torrid zone and the antipodes.
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Oct 14, 2015 17:53
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As we all know, Greece is an island but England is connected to the mainland.
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Oct 14, 2015 18:00
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From Google.de  Is Germany... a LLC a state an Immigration country in danger
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Oct 14, 2015 18:30
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Cake Smashing Boob posted:
I honestly can't tell what's happening in this map given the centre of the world doesn't even seem to be Jerusalem which was fairly common.
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Oct 14, 2015 18:47
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 Is Latvia threatened by war? Is Latvia a "judicial country"? Is there gold in Latvia? Will there be war in Latvia?
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Oct 14, 2015 18:51
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kalstrams posted:Is Latvia a "judicial country"? I thought this might be oikeusvaltio and, of course, English has no word for it.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:01
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Jerry Cotton posted:I thought this might be oikeusvaltio and, of course, English has no word for it. English ommonly uses the loan word Rechtsstaat, as it's a continental legal term, not an Anglo-Saxon one.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:05
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steinrokkan posted:English ommonly uses the loan word Rechtsstaat, as it's a continental legal term, not an Anglo-Saxon one. Nah like I said English doesn't have a word for it 
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Oct 14, 2015 19:07
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steinrokkan posted:English ommonly uses the loan word Rechtsstaat, as it's a continental legal term, not an Anglo-Saxon one.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:08
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steinrokkan posted:English ommonly uses the loan word Rechtsstaat, as it's a continental legal term, not an Anglo-Saxon one. It seems a bit of a stretch to say English commonly uses an obscure German(?) loan word.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:11
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Nintendo Kid posted:It seems a bit of a stretch to say English commonly uses an obscure German(?) loan word. As commonly as that concept pops up.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:12
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kalstrams posted:
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Oct 14, 2015 19:18
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These actually are very reasonable questions for outsiders.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:21
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sbaldrick posted:I honestly can't tell what's happening in this map given the centre of the world doesn't even seem to be Jerusalem which was fairly common.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:24
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steinrokkan posted:As commonly as that concept pops up. The concept of rule of law in a given country does pop up quite often, and I don't think I've seen that word before.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:35
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Nintendo Kid posted:It seems a bit of a stretch to say English commonly uses an obscure German(?) loan word. You're right, it's a German word. mobby_6kl posted:The concept of rule of law in a given country does pop up quite often, and I don't think I've seen that word before. I've seen it pop up from time to time, mostly in articles by political scientist about comparisons between different forms of government.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:41
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DrSunshine posted:"Hey guys, is Kazakhstan in the EU???!" - a Czech Kopijeger posted:It's even worse that they do it with Russia and Belarus.  Kazakhstan and Belarus are two of only three European states that are not in the Council of Europe, both due to human rights concerns. The third? Vatican City.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:43
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mobby_6kl posted:The concept of rule of law in a given country does pop up quite often, and I don't think I've seen that word before. It's not the same thing, though, Rechtsstaat (právní stát uin Czech) describes an ideal of continental jurisprudence, the unifying, all encompassing spirit (often with a moralistic foundation) to which all laws of a country should conform, and which should also be an absolute philosophical constraint on the power of the state. Rule of law is just a measure of effective governance.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:43
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TinTower posted:
Kazakhstan is also not an European state.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:44
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Torrannor posted:Kazakhstan is also not an European state. It's European enough for UEFA, the Eurovision etc...
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Oct 14, 2015 19:46
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Kurtofan posted:It's European enough for UEFA, the Eurovision etc... So is Israel.  But Kazakhstan meets the CoE's definition of European; i.e., it has land west of the Urals and north of the Caucasus.
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Oct 14, 2015 19:50
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kalstrams posted:
 Belgian [Dutch-language] Google. It's not as dumb as one might expect. Even the Russian one - I think the Baltic and Slavic language families are somewhat closely related to each other?
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Oct 14, 2015 19:55
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Phlegmish posted:
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Oct 14, 2015 20:00
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kalstrams posted:
 (Google.co.uk) Well Latvia? Are you ?
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Oct 14, 2015 20:02
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SkySteak posted:
Also, there seems to be common trend for Anglosphere posters to struggle with spelling Latvia correctly.
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Oct 14, 2015 20:08
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kalstrams posted:Yes, yes, no, yes. I am slightly embarrassed now that I just spotted that.
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Oct 14, 2015 20:09
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Torrannor posted:Kazakhstan is also not an European state. It is in the same way Turkey is.
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Oct 14, 2015 20:10
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Is Norway.... "in EU" "a Christian country" (misspelled) "the richest country in the world" "in Europe" "a secularised society" "a democracy" "a Christian country" (properly spelled) "a democratic country" "in Schengen" "democratic"
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Oct 14, 2015 20:22
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 Is Latvia... ...in the EU ...a country ...expensive
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Oct 14, 2015 20:43
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 Is/does Lithuania... attractive to foreign investors going to disappear have tanks in danger of war in the Schengen zone
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Oct 14, 2015 20:52
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Hey map nerds, help find bad maps on wikipedia, and/or then fix them. http://fixwikimaps.github.io/
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Oct 14, 2015 21:04
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Tree Goat posted:Hey map nerds, help find bad maps on wikipedia, and/or then fix them. That site is broken for https everywhere.
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Oct 14, 2015 21:12
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 The answer to all the questions is "technically no"
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Oct 14, 2015 21:13
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 hell yes,yes,yes,yes
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Oct 14, 2015 21:20
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Peanut President posted:
What technicalities disqualifies the USA from being a country? Is it that sovereign individual states bullshit? What about being a democracy? Is it because the minority could win the House, Senate and Presidency if the stars align? But I'm really stumped about technically not being a republic.
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Oct 14, 2015 21:23
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Heh, i experimented with my default Swedish google, when i typed (in Swedish) "is Portugal": The usual, is it in the eu, schengen etc, but one was very specific, namely the third one: "Is Portugal as large as 50 of Icelands area?" Never heard that one before. Also, apparently, Germany's democracy is in doubt:  Is Germany larger than Sweden? Is Germany a democratic country? Is Germany democratic? Is Germany in the EU
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Tree Goat posted:Hey map nerds, help find bad maps on wikipedia, and/or then fix them. What's bad about those maps? I mean the "missing map" bit is obvious but I don't get what's wrong about the ones which have maps already.
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