::::Both of you are amply demonstrating why I made the comment I did above... you guys are veering off into tangential, almost irrelevant, discussions and never getting at the real issue. TFD: are you actually arguing that Puerto Rico is not part of the United States? Virginia, are you actually arguing that definitions pulled out of court decisions, or versions of international law define the topic? ::::I honestly don't have a dog in this fight... so please take my comments for what they are. This discussion is going nowhere fast. If you want real resolution, back away from these insane arguments on minutiae. I can't imagine any other outside editor finds them compelling, on either side. Isn't, and this is the most important part, the goal
::::Both of you are amply demonstrating why I made the comment I did above... you guys are veering off into tangential, almost irrelevant, discussions and never getting at the real issue. TFD: are you actually arguing that Puerto Rico is not part of the United States? Virginia, are you actually arguing that definitions pulled out of court decisions, or versions of international law define the topic? ::::I honestly don't have a dog in this fight... so please take my comments for what they are. This discussion is going nowhere fast. If you want real resolution, back away from these insane arguments on minutiae. I can't imagine any other outside editor finds them compelling, on either side. Isn't, and this is the most important part, the goal of