Argument for Arguments Sake

South Ossetia – The Caucasian Montenegro?

2008-02-01T10:55:00.000-05:00

The right to national self-determination is a fundamental right that must be balanced with the effects it would have with all directly affected. This is the only road to a peaceful solution based on the equality between peoples. It is this principle that must prevail in the dispute between South Ossetia and Georgia.

The strategy that should be used in this dispute is the strategy used between Montenegro and Yugoslavia. It would transform South Ossetia and Georgia into a confederation of two equal states, characterized as a "joint state." If South Ossetian demands for increased autonomy are not met, South Ossetia could hold a referendum on independence from Georgia.

South Ossetia was an Autonomous-Oblast in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. It is a region inhabited by Ossetians, an ethnic group with a distinct culture, and language. Amidst the disintegrating Soviet Union, South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia in 1992. The fear motivating the Ossetians to secede were Georgian requirements that Georgian was to be the only official language, effectively muting the Ossetian identity. After an armed confrontation with Georgia, South Ossetia remains in a frozen conflict, a de facto state that is fully self-governing, and without the vestiges of independence.

The International Court of Justice recognizes the right to self-determination as "a right held by people rather than a right held by governments alone." The Canadian Supreme Court, in referring to Quebec's quest for unitary secession from Canada, stated separation would be legal only "where 'a people' is denied any meaningful exercise of its right to self-determination within the state of which it forms a part." The Canadian Supreme Court stated this opinion balancing both the right to self-determination, and the widely accepted principle of territorial integrity.

It is clear South Ossetia has every legal right to pursue self-determination. The "Ossetian people" decided they want statehood. Furthermore, it is also evident that the Ossetian people were effectively being "denied any meaningful exercise of self-determination" within Georgia when their language was pushed aside.

Possessing the right of self-determination is a legal question, while accomplishing self-determination is a question of power and diplomacy.

Georgia is a key transit point in the recent Central Asian oil boom, being the central hub of the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Its relations with Russia are poor over military base closures, and allowing NATO forces on its territory. Georgia has ethnically diverse provinces, each having problems with the central Georgian government about their identities. Ossetian independence would encourage minorities in Abkhazia, Ajaria and Akhalkalai to seek their own sovereignty, with Russian (fueling independent tendencies) and Western (promoting stability to prevent oil-transit stoppages) interests directly competing with each other, potentially leading to complete civil war.

However, practical fears of governments should never influence the normative ideologies breathing life into international law. Therefore, a joint-state solution would be ideal in this conflict in order to ensure unnecessary violence that would erupt with immediate South Ossetian independence, and to prevent a xenophobic central government purposefully watering down separate ethnic identities.

Steven Seagal - Movie Script

2008-01-11T10:38:00.000-05:00

You have no talent? You want to make a movie, and have a cast with at least Hollywoods rated "D" stars? Have no fear, because Steven Seagal is here.

If you are interested in making a movie for Steven Seagal, all you need to do is make a script following these 10 simple rules:

1) Seagal is in a dojo somewhere jacking off
2) Seagal has an ethnic name
3) Some ninja's kill Seagal's wife/ex-wife/girlfriend/love interest
4) Seagal pairs up with the minority of the month (flavor of the month), in this day and age, it might be someone who is homo sexual
5) The boss ninja threatens Seagal once he knows Seagal has paired with the minority of the month
6) Seagal kills alot of random ninjas using McGyver like weaponry, i.e. a credit card, billiard sticks, a cell phone, you name it
7) Seagal meets a new love interest. In todays day and age, it might actually be the minority of the month, like broke-back mountain.
8) Seagal breaks into the boss ninja's fortress killing everyone with a credit card, with no range of motion (like Zangief from Street Fighter II)
9) Seagal has some sort of epiphany-like moment, in trying to negotiate with the boss ninja
10) Seagal kills the boss ninja, everyone is happy

And voila, another Steven Seagal script in the works

The Great Pious Labours Bum School

2007-09-25T09:34:00.000-04:00

It was around this time two summers ago when Pious Labours, and I were discussing things over a hot cup of coffee at the local Tim Hortons establishment, when Pious Labours relayed the story of how a homeless individual approached and tried to borrow $20. At the time, Pious Labours was masking a beard, employed as a prestigious Research Assistant, working downtown Toronto, and just generally "living the life" so to speak.

As the homeless man approached Pious Labours, his sheer magnetism kept Pious Labours entrenched to where he was on that fateful day by Yonge and Bloor. Pious Labours was mesmerized by the tales and regalia the homeless man was relating. At one point, as the homeless individual recounted his business plan to Pious Labours, where Pious Labours would lend him $20, and would be repaid $500 the very next day, the homeless man uttered "You deserve$500."

Pious Labours, not being a man of patience did not delve further into this topic, but, it was that point in time that this great youth had an epiphany, like a crystal bullet shooting into the center of his mind, clarifying his world: What if the government of Canada set up a school of etiquette for the homeless!!!

No longer would homeless people walk aimlessly around the streets, in raggity clothing, and vagabond-like goals of mischief, mayham, and nonsense. The government of Canada would train these "miscreants" to properly address passers-by on how to ask for loose pocket change, what street chemicals would make fine deodorant to wash away urine soaked clothing, and to provide the homeless with beard-brushes, so they can look their bestas they engage in that most noble of professions; pan-handling.

I am fortunate to have heard the Great Pious Labours recount this idea, and pray that this noble individal's idea comes to fruition.

Res Ipsa Loquitor (yes, i know, everyone else uses this title)

2007-07-20T14:43:00.000-04:00

Al-Rahim's ''Mr. Arab''

Posted Aug 11, 2005

Egyptian singer, political commentator and master of the mixed metaphor. Meet Al-Rahim!

Facebook, Myspace, Hi5, and just about every other program like this Sucks

2007-07-16T10:59:00.000-04:00

Ok, Facebook, Myspace, Hi5, and every other stupid "friend" accumulator site sucks ass. I have no idea why people are infatuated with these sites other then the fact that it allows someone a morbidly stalkerish pleasure in looking at someone else's private life, documenting what that person does or, in some guys, looking for pictures to pleasure one's self. On the other side, it allows attention deprived sickos a forum to let strangers veer into their private lives, all in the hope that they know that "someone cares" about them, when in fact, it is just the opposite where no one gives a shit about that attention-deprived individual, but rather, want to know who that person knows, and how "hot" their friends are.

Then, there is the ultimate insanity of these programs where a select few people will add thousands upon thousands of people on their facebook accounts, all on some overwhelming quest to prove to themselves, and the world, that they are really popular. If they were so damn popular, why are they spending all their damn time adding people on facebook, instead of going out and doing something?????????

Finally, I have recently heard this from a very reliable source, (a great youth named PL), that these programs are in fact government sponsored websites, made in the pursuit of monitoring our every move!!!!!!!!!

Graduate Programs - The missions of the people in them

2007-07-13T20:47:00.000-04:00

English PhD's... their sole mission in life is to deconstruct literary works, and insert some form of sick, sexual and perverted reasoning as to why an author inserted one particular article over another particular article before a noun/verb/pronoun/adverb...

Law students... their sole mission in life is to engage in a sycophantic discourse with others who did not do as well in their sociology, "international business"/politics/english/history, "drama" or other nonsensical course like ebonics that was offerred at university, all in a sick and perverse way of making themselves feel superior, when in fact they are not, and they know they are not, especially when a plumber will make more.

Medical Students... their sole mission in life is to talk to girls who could be their next malpractice suit waiting to hapen, and meeting potential lawyers to defend them of their sick and twisted perversions which got them in trouble in the first place. (Jay Lee would enjoy)

MBA students... their sole mission in life is to talk with other MBA's about the next "hot deal" that is going down in wall-street, wear golf shirts to a bar, and try to "mack" the ladies. Unfortunately, these people have no sick perversions, as their personality type is that of a castrated goat, with no sense of originality, comedy, or anything else remotely interesting.

Science MA's... their sole mission in life is to do something in life related in the sciences because a) they couldn't get into med school; and b) no one will hire you with a bachelors in science. Their sick perversions come from an overwhelming sense of guilt and shame that they could not get to med school, especially when some of the people who did get there are complete morons, and they will try to take pleasure in upstaging medical professionals in the future by documenting that medical doctors impropriety with a patient, and making a psychological analysis on it.

History PhD's... See above with regards toEnglish PhD's, only not as creative.

Teacher's College Students... Generally too dimwitted to get into another type of graduate school, and have a sick fantasy of fulfilling their childhood fantasis of banging a grade schooler/ other student, that they decide this is the profession to pursue, and take advantage of the teacher-student relationship.

Computer Science MA's... I have no idea what the fuck the angle of these people are. ALl I can tell is that they are normally fat and bald, without a creative thought in their mind (Really talented computer geeks don't do MA's in computer science). Their sick perversion is to experience the fruits of Engineering/Physics MA labors.

Engineering/Physics MA students... Joke about engineers. If a girl is lonely on Friday night, what should she do? Call an engineer. This truth has not been lost on Engineering and physics students as it is their ultimate goal in life to create enormous wind tunnels where they would sit on their hands in this wind tunnel, the G forces in this wind tunnel would cause their hands to become numb, and where these students would then use their numb hands in giving themselves a stranger (masterbating with a numb hand in the hopes that it feels like someone else is giving a hand-job). Computer Science MA's are normally the first to try this out.

Econometric Grad Students... Their sole mission in life is to prove that they are as geeky as their engineering/physics grad students, well-versed in bull-shitting as their law-student counterparts, and as current with the "next big deal" as their MBA counterparts that they suffer an acute form of schizophrenia.

Advice - DONT GO TO HIGHER EDUCATION

The NBA Draft

2007-06-29T11:42:00.001-04:00

Ok, Wow... Makes me wish for the first time in a long time I owned a TV. Also, on a side issue, the NBA Draft is becoming more exciting then the NBA Finals, which, coinicidentally, the NBA Draft's main purpose is to help teams win an NBA Chanpionship.

Zach Randolph to the Knicks: Great move for the Knicks. Their team is totally loaded with Starbury, Curry, Z-Bo, a whole bunch of all-star calibre role players, and Isaiah Thomas, the baddest coach who knows the importance of team dynamics. Zach Randolph leaves the Trail Blazers, leaving Darius Miles as the last remaining Jail Blazer.

Ray Allen to the Celts: Great move for Seattle. They get the #5 player, and get to restart building. Boston? Well, it is a decent move in that Allen will get to spread the floor for their young players, and provides veteran leadership to teach professionalism, and how to win for the youngest team in the NBA.

Jason Richardson to the Bobcats: Don't like this move for Charlotte because it eats up their capspace, and does not provide them with a proven winner. Like this move for the Golden State Warriors because it reduces cap space, gives them a versatile rookie who plays their coaches system.

The Phoenix Suns: A big "meh." Had a few picks, but did nothing to immidiately improve their team. It seems like ownerships main goal is to provide a competitive team that does not go over the salary cap, and thus paying a tax.

The Chicago Bulls: Their team is extremely well built. Adding Joakuim Noah helps to alleviate the loss of Tyson Chandler, provides a break for Ben Wallace, and is a much better player then Tyrus Thomas, who does not seem to have enough basketball knowledge to warrant being a #4 pick (weak 2006 draft class), and relies too much on athleticism on a Chicago Bulls team that is built on team fundamentals, and a collective knowledge.

The Lakers: http://thekobevideo.com/ Enough said.... Well, maybe they can convince Kobe that Marc Gasol (48th pick) is actually Pau Gasol.

The Actual Draft: Pretty much went as expected in terms of the order of the picks. No real surprises. Can't wait for next years yahoo fantasy. I will look at Oden, Durant, Conley Jr., and maybe Corey Brewer as guys to contribute. The rest would be surprising.

Roger's Snail story

2007-02-03T10:44:00.000-05:00

Roger's snail story from Training Day has got me thinking. I am not sure what it means, but I'll tell you what I think after.

The Story

At the end of this quote, Roger says "Figure that joke out and you'll figure the streets out."

One day this man walks out of his house to go to work. He sees this snail on his porch. So he picks it up and chucks it over his roof, into the back yard. Snail bounces off a rock, cracks its shell all to shit, and lands in the grass. Snail lies there dying

Roger checks his beeper

But it doesn't die. It eats some grass. Slowly heals. grows a new shell. And after a while it can crawl again. One day the snail up and heads back to the front of the house. Finally, after a year, the little guy crawls back on the porch. Right then, the man walks out to go to work and sees this snail again. So he says to it, "what the fuck's your problem?"

My interpretation:

Someone is going to hurt you. The reason why they will hurt you does not matter, just expect them to hurt you.

You will survive, and it will take time for you to heal.

But here is the kicker... Once you are healed, and you come back, don't expect the person that hurt you to care. They have moved on, and so should you.

Smiles and Cries

2007-01-31T09:59:00.000-05:00

I have been in one long training since moving to New York, and it only seems appropriate that the movie I have been watching all week long is "Training Day." (Although my life is nothing like the actual movie).

Anyways, early in the movie, one quote did get me thingking when Jake says he has the streets figured out: "It's all smiles and cries...You gotta control your smiles and cries. No one can take them away so... they're all we really have."

Not much else to say... It's all smiles and cries...

Further proof that Carmello's 15 game suspension was excesive

2007-01-21T17:31:00.000-05:00

As many of my 3 loyal readers remember, I had a big issue with the NBA suspending Carmello 15 games.
http://tedtt.blogspot.com/2006/12/carmelo-anthonys-punishment-is-too.html
Well, the NBA is at it again, further proving my point.
This time, Kevin Garnett, aka The Kid, aka The Big Ticket gets only one game for throwing a punch at Detroit's Antonio McDyess.
"With 5:18 left in the fourth quarter of the Pistons' double-overtime victory over the Timberwolves on Friday night, McDyess knocked Minnesota's Mark Madsen to the floor with a forearm shove. Garnett then chucked the ball at McDyess, who charged at Garnett with his fist cocked. Garnett was poised to punch, too, and took a swipe at McDyess as he partially retreated." Associated Press.
Ok... where in the spectrum does KG's punch fall relative to Carmello's??? If Carmello got 15 games, KG at least deserves 15 for using a forearm to knock a player, throwing a bal at another player, and then punching that guy, close-fisted (as opposed to Carmello's open handed slap).

Hrant Dink, Turkish Penal Code 301, and Turkey's past

2007-01-20T12:31:00.000-05:00

Hrant Dink, a Turkish journalist of Armenian descent was recently killed with three bullets to the neck. His assailant, was an 18 year old man, who, as some eyewitnesses report, exclaimed with utter jubilance "I have killed the non-Muslim!" as he fled the scene.

It is no secret that Dink was well-known around Turkey. He has been criticized by ultranationalists for bringing up a past which Turkey does not want uncovered: The Armenian genocide, the destruction of over 2 million Armenians (including the Cilician and Adana massacres of 1893-6 and 1909). His actions caused him to be the spectre of widespread resentment and hatred, where he was sued countless times for insulting the Turkish identity under Turkish penal code section 301. As well, Dink says during one of his final interviews how his computer memory banks were overloaded with hate emails.

What is surprising about these acts was how the assailant yelled "I have killed the non-Muslim." In Turkish, non-Muslim, or unbeliever, is translated to "Gavoor." It is also a synonym for "non-Turk" and the Turkish equivalent for the North American "N" word. It is the word used to identify Armenians.

And yet, using "gavoor" in Dink's death is not surprising at all. You see, Hrant Dink's death exposes Turkey as a society that cannot live with its own past. Turkey is like a fat kid who ate his mother's chocolate cake, and denies she ever made that cake, despite the fact he has chocolate smeared on his lips.

Turkey has taken great pains to deny any existence of the Armenian genocide. Turkey has been able to brush off its genocidal past with relative ease, until, Hrant Dink exposed how Attaturk's (the father of all Turk's) adopted daughter herself was an Armenian genocide survivor. From this woodwork, many prominent Turks, like the former editor of Hurriyet magazine began to claim Armenian ancestry. The running joke in Turkey was that half of Turkey was half Armenian.

This type of news was not taken well by the nationalist element in Turkey. Imagine, the father of all Turks adopting a Gavoor(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3519561.stm), and many other Turks themselves being Gavoor? The Turkish authorities came up with the Turkish Penal Code Article 301 amidst this backdrop, which states the following.

1) A person who publicly denigrates Turkishness, the Republic or the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, shall be punishable by imprisonment of between six months and three years.
2) A person who publicly denigrates the Government of the Republic of Turkey, the judicial institutions of the State, the military or security organizations shall be punishable by imprisonment of between six months and two years.
3) In cases where denigration of Turkishness is committed by a Turkish citizen in another country the punishment shall be increased by one third.
4) Expressions of thought intended to criticize shall not constitute a crime.

The application of this law has been interpreted extremely vaguely, where even the mention of Turkish identity and gene pool actually being Armenian through the culmination of centuries of forced rape could be interpreted as insulting "Turkishness."

The point of this legislation was to wipe away any negative history Turkey has.

However, like the story of Cain and Abel, silence will last so long before the blood spilled on the ground will scream for justice.

The precursor to Hrant Dink's execution-style murder was the Turkish court giving him a suspended sentence for violating Penal Code 301. As he lay dying, Turkish authorities put a white sheet over him, a symbolic gesture of whitewashing the past.

However, the blood seeped through the sheet, making the sheet red and white, the colours of Turkey's flag.

Turkey will have to learn to come to grips with its past. The white sheet, like Turkeys flag, is dripping in red.

New Blogs

2006-12-21T10:45:00.000-05:00

I have taken the time create new blogs concerning Legal Issues I find dear to me.

You can see the list when you view "my profile"

Note, I have not posted on every issue, but have decided to take those blog names as my own

Carmelo Anthony's punishment is too much

2006-12-18T14:41:00.000-05:00

Carmelo Anthony got screwed.

Ok, here is the scoop. Carmelo Anthony (Melo) is this basketball player involved in a little fracas at Madison Square Garden recently. He lightly punched some guy who flagrantly and maliciously fouled a teammate of his. Then after he lightly tapped that guy in the head, he ran away , and was chased out by 5'6 NBA thug, Nate Robinson, and Jared Jeffries. Do Carmelo's actions sound like an enforcer to you? No!!! Carmelo just stood up for his teammate in the heat of battle. He didn't fight anyone cuz he isn't an enforcer.

As a result, David Stern slaps Carmelo with a 15 game suspension. Are you kidding me??? 15 games??? Carmelo deserved much less.

NBA rules state that anyone who throws a punch is automatically suspended for 1 game. The NBA has also made a number of rulings concerning player violence, and based on these rulings, Carmello definitely deserves much less.

In 1995, the NBA suspended Vernon Maxwell 10 games for going into the stands and hitting a fan. It suspended Dennis Rodman 11 games for kicking a courtside television photographer in 1997. Carmello's featherweight punch was limited to his on court opponents, and he should get a much lighter sentence then both Vernon and Dennis.

In 1976, Kermit Washington received a 26 game suspension for hitting Rudy Tomjanovich. But unlike this situation, Washington was already currently engaged in a brawl. Washington saw Tomjanovich running to help, so Washington swung around to meet him. The punch, which took Tomjanovich by surprise, fractured his face away from his skull about 1/4 of an inch and left Tomjanovich unconscious in a pool of blood in the middle of the arena. In this case, Carmelo's punch was a bitch slap, and yet he gets 60% of the penalty that Kermit Washington got, for almost killing someone? That seems absurd! A Kermit Washington punch is far greater then Carmelo's bitch slap times 1.67 (1/0.6 = 1.67... Those of you who know how to do currency conversions will know what I am talking about) because Carmelo's punch was a punch thrown where he was running away from his oppponent, where the punch was a bitch slap, and where the receiver of the punch did not suffer any damage, except surprise!

In the most recent NBA brawl "the malice at the palace", Jermaine Oneal got 25 games for clocking a fan, Ron Artest got 72 games for going into the stands and fighting fans, and Stephen Jackson got 30 games for fighting with fans in the stands and protecting his teammate. Ben Wallace, the instigator got 6 games for shoving Artest.

Wallace's shove used much more force, and institgated something much more serious then what Carmello did. Yet he got only 6 games. Melo's 15 game suspension means that Melo's featherweight punch is 2 and a half times worse then Ben Wallace's. Giving Melo such an extravagant punishment means Melo's punishment is based on the action, in this case "the punch", and not so much the force of the physical contact, and the result of that contact. This seems highly absurd because a contrast of these punishments will only encourage players to change the method of attack (strong shove as opposed to featherweight punching) instead of quelling the attack, and minimizing the result of their actions.

For these reasons, Melo's suspension is way too long, and he should have definitely got much less.

Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments (something I wrote a little while ago)

2006-12-12T11:52:00.000-05:00

I could not attach a PDF file or Microsoft Word file, but anyone interested in learning about the Balance of Payments can enlarge the pictures and read

William Blake's: "The Lamb" and "The Tyger"

2006-07-30T13:03:00.000-04:00

I was reading some of William Blake's poetry the other day, and just wanted to compare and contrast his meanings of personal change that a person goes through as society jades that individual. The two animals Blake uses are the Lamb and the Tiger from his poems: "The Lamb" and "The Tyger." I will try to glean some meaning of these poems by juxtaposing them on one another.

In The Lamb, Blake shows the reader a lamb and a child, two symbols of innocence and religion. These two symbols live in a world of peace and tranquility, where a little boy asks and answers questions to a little lamb. The boy, with his innocent mind, makes the connection that baby Jesus was also called the lamb of God when says “We are called by his name” (Blake), and the images Blake shows throughout represent love and a relationship with Christ.

Contrasting the Lamb is the Tiger, a blood thirsty animal. Adding to the ferocity of the tiger is that it is forged from fire, with eyes that burn bright. As well, the tiger is more knowledgeable and experienced in the game of survival then the lamb. The image of the tiger contrasts Christian innocence by invoking pagan symbols. Fire, can best be seen as an analogy to Prometheus, the legendary Greek mini-god who brought fire, and essentially knowledge, to mankind. Thus being forged of fire is like being forged by experience.

It is only fitting Blake moves away from Christian symbols to show a maturation process in a person, as people themselves become less pure (and Christian) as they become more knowledgeable on the ways of the world.

So what is Blake getting at with these two poems?

Blake is ultimately showing that as people grow up, they too, like the tiger, become forged from the metaphorical fire, and begin to become vicious killers in the forests of the night. They no longer are the lambs of this world, sitting in a nice garden, sheltered away from the rest of the world.

Eurasia > Europe + Asia

2006-06-17T20:50:00.000-04:00

The old methods of dividing the continent of Europe and Asia should go the way of the dodo. In its place should be the super continent of Eurasia. My argument for this is based on the inability to delineate the boundaries between these two regions, especially when it comes to the Caucasus region.

Before I proceed with my argument, I would like to emphasize that my arguments have nothing to do with the people who live in these boundary regions, or how similar their cultures are with different peoples. Engaging in this form of argument could lead to arguments that the United States is a part of Europe because a vast majority of its people are of "European" ancestry.

Rather, the only way to deal with the Europe-Asia continental divide is to look at it from a strictly geographic perspective.

Ultimately, if one looks at this giant land mass, one should look at it through the most scientific means possible today. That would be plate tectonics. If one looks at the plate tectonics of Europe and Asia, one will see that two plates do not exist demarcating Europe and Asia, but rather, there is a continuous plate that connects the region from the mid-Atlantic to Japan.

Ultimately, this new continental definition (Eurasia) is more coherent than using arbitrary and capricious lines separating Europe and Asia.

In the past, one separated the different parts of modern-day Turkey into Europe and Asia because of the convenient location of the Bosphorous straits, where this body of water was a clear separation of Europe and Asia.

However, there is no body of water separating the Caucasus region, but rather a vast mountainous expanse known as the Caucasus region, forming the northern part of the Armenian plateau (which extends all the way down to Lake Urmiah (Iran) and Lake Van (historic Armenia).

So how could one divide Europe from Asia in the Caucasus region? One could do so by extending Europe all the way down to the Araxes river. However, extending the line south to the Araxes has no real coherent reasoning, other then the fact that it is the current boundary Iran shares with Armenia, Nagarno-Karabagh and Azerbaijan; ultimately arbitrary man made lines demarcating jurisdictions.

If one uses this definition, one must further use geographic reasoning in explaining why Europe does not extend further south to incorporate lake Van and lake Urmiah.

The current demarcation uses an arbitrary line along the north Caucasus mountain range. Once again, this delineation also lacks any coherent justification why Asia does not extend further north to envelope the entire area that separates the Black Sea from the Caspian Sea.

Using any line in between the conventional or current definition, or any line outside of these two areas, will also lacks any coherent justification.

Thus, to avoid any arbitrary and capricious line-drawing, and to be scientifically coherent, the old methods of dividing the continent of Europe and Asia should go the way of the stegasoraus, and in its place should be the super continent of Eurasia.