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Way LIR: "Central America" is often used as a shorthand way to specifically exclude Mexico. It's otherwise kind of a useless term. -- nm

Posted by con_carne Oct 2 '09, 11:48

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Oh, and in geopolitics, it's "that region of brown people that routinely gets pwned by the USA." -- nm - con_carne Oct 2, 12:03
LIR - really, Argentinians lionise Bolivar more than other SA countries? More than Venezuela or Colombia? And when the Argentinians have San Martin? - Roger More Oct 2, 11:53 4
- I'm stupid. I actually meant to say San Martin. Also, Argentines totally are more European, ethnically. - con_carne Oct 2, 12:02 3
  - Ha ha - makes sense, Argentina has a liberator of its own, while Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela all have to share :) - Roger More Oct 2, 12:04 2
    - and Bolivia????? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:06 1
      - :) - I left it out because Bolivar didn't play a direct role in Bolivia's independence -- nm - Roger More Oct 2, 12:16
To show my geographical stupidity, I don't think I could point anywhere close to Rio on a globe. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 2, 11:49 12
- all you have to do to remember is envision South America as the lower half of Jennifer Aniston's body, and Rio is in the crease between ass and leg. -- nm - Max Oct 2, 12:03 1
  - neechay -- nm - JaxSean Oct 2, 12:19
- At least you should be able to point to Brazil...I would think. -- nm - Shaun Oct 2, 11:50 6
  - Actually, about 2 seconds after I posted, I thought "wait, isn't it in Brazil?" - JaxSean Oct 2, 11:57
  - but not Brazilia -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 11:51 4
    - roughly centered north to south and east to west. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 12:02 3
      - in Brazil...not roughly it was placed there delibrately -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:03 2
        
        yes, I know. But it's not the exact centre, therefore: roughly. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 12:05 1
        
        i seem to rememebr it being the closest useable place in Brazil - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 12:07
- it's close to the january river -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 2, 11:50
- You could at least get the correct continent, right? -- nm - Don Homer Oct 2, 11:49 1
  - what's this continent thing you mention? -- nm - Jax SI Oct 2, 11:52

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