Re: View on UNIX purism in Linux Community
On 9/18/2014 1:53 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> Sorry, John. But we should be going OT....
>
> On Thursday 18 September 2014 00:45:24 John Hasler wrote:
>> Lisi writes:
>>> There are four countries in the United Kingdom: Ireland, Scotland,
>>> Wales and England.
>>
>> In roughly the same sense in which there are fifty countries in the USA.
>
> No. They are separate countries, with an earlier lengthy political history.
> Scotland and England were separate kingdoms until the Act of Union in 1707.
> It is a complete misunderstanding (misinformation?) that they are merely
> States - and even the States each has its own Senate etc. England has no
> Parliament, and has not had since 1707.
>
> Lisi
>
>
This conversation is off-topic on this list. Please take it elsewhere.
Jerry
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