Avoiding Problems by Avoiding Decisions

[Dominique Devriese]

Jason Keirstead writes:

> On May 17, 2004 10:42 am, Charles de Miramon wrote:
>> By the way, I've spotted that in KDE 3.2.2, Liechtenstein is
>> classified in Western Europe but Austria and Switzerland in Central
>> Europe ; Germany outs itself in Central Europe ; Estonia in Nordic
>> Europe but Lettonia in Central Europe. Classifications are never
>> neutral.

> Could someone from Europe enlighten me as to why this matters
> anymore? I understand the history, but isn't Europe just "Europe"
> now, i.e., no east/west boundry? It's not like we say Canada is a
> "Northern North-American country" and Mexico is a"Southern
> North-America country", or that Columbia is
> "Northern-South-American" and Argentina is "Southern-South
> American".

> Why do these designations need to exist in KDE?

Aren't there more countries in Europe than in America, so that more
classification is necessary in order to be able to find countries
quickly ?

cheers
domi