[rospaya]

This almost sounds like a parody of American meddling and ignorance, complete with the US state population comparison.

Not saying you don't have a point (I have no skin in the game) but I read thousands of similar western comments about various countries "smaller than $state!" and they're never helpful.

[unethical_ban]

If it makes it any better, I wasn't trying to be helpful, I was trying to understand Ireland and someone else started whatabouting with other countries and states.

You see, people sometimes use familiar locations or factual references to draw comparisons to other items or places.