[governance] [Internet Policy] WEBCAST Jan 24: Will The Internet Always Be American?

[willi uebelherr]

Dear Joe,

independent of the continental plates, it is one island. The same is 
with Eurasia. A special sparation is made with Africa, because Eurasia 
and Africa is today one island.

But never, if people in west Europe speak about Europe, they mean east Asia.

The root we find with James Monroe and his Monroe-Doctrin 1823. But this 
is not necessary our base.

many greetings, willi


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Subject: Re: [Internet Policy] WEBCAST Jan 24: Will The Internet Always 
Be American?
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:50:58 -0800
From: Joe Touch <touch at isi.edu>

On 1/17/2017 3:40 PM, willi uebelherr wrote:
 > Dear Joly,
 > you have to understand: America is the continent. You live in
 > North-America in the USA.

"America" would refer to two continents: North America and South America.
See definition 1 of the OED:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/America

The term America means many things, but it has also commonly become
synonymous with "the United States".
See definition 1.1 of the OED, as above.

Note: the people of the US did not conspire to make this happen ;-)
Joe

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