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Originally Posted by Apocalipstic
I'm serious here too, while admitting we will probably continue to disagree on this subject...and thats OK 
Let's say France had decided to name itself the United States of Europe and expected everyone to call them and only them "Europeans"?
It would be obnoxious? Yes?
To me, its the same situation, the continent was named America and the US decided to go with naming itself the United States of America and to expect everyone to call US citizens and only US citizens "American"...and for the excuse to be that it would be awkward not to.
To me? Obnoxious. |
Okay, so what would you suggest that the United States of America change it's name to? You've done the easy part, saying "this is wrong and should not be done" now, what about the hard part of "and this is how you make it right". I'll accept, for the moment, your argument and stipulate that the United States should change its name from the United States of America to something else. So what *should* that name be? And how do you propose we go about convincing large numbers of citizens that we *should* change the name of our country? How would you make that case?
Cheers
Aj
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