Re: [OT]: May Day

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Subject: Re: [OT]: May Day
From: John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 16:29:40 -0500
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Reply-to: jhasler@newsguy.com (John Hasler)
In-reply-to: <201605012108.55806.lisi.reisz@gmail.com> (Lisi Reisz's message of "Sun, 1 May 2016 21:08:55 +0100")
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Lisi writes:
> But New Zealand and the Isle of Man (sorry, I have been spelling it
> wrongly) both antedate Finland in granting full suffrage, and New
> Zealand's was unrestricted - but of course it was not independent.  So
> we either have to allow both Finland and New Zealand, when New Zealand
> wins, or disallow both, on the grounds that they were not independent.

Besides, if you allow them despite not being fully sovereign you have to
allow Wyoming, which beats them both.

Also, Finland became an independent nation with full suffrage before New
Zealand did.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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