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by cromka 79 days ago
Russia is definitely not unquestionably European.
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hulitu 79 days ago
Going to school helps.
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dj_mc_merlin 79 days ago
No, I agree with him. Everyone knows Russia has territory inside Europe. Does that make it European? Post-Ukraine not a lot of people would call it European. It's just a word at the end of the day, the politics are more important to people that geography since both are made up. Why does Europe end at the Ural mountains? Because we said so.
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devsda 79 days ago
Why is Europe a separate continent? Its one big land mass.

Show the world map to a child and one would have a difficult time explaining the idea of continents when they finally come to Europe and Asia.

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cromka 79 days ago
Even better, Kazakhstan is also in Europe. Hard to find anyone who'd classify it as such, though.
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cromka 79 days ago
Sure. Kazakhstan is also in Europe. Do you consider it European? Do you now understand where lies the problem with the use of "unquestionably" in this context?

If not, maybe going to school would help?

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