oxford-gamer said:
auh ... I don't understand to whom this is referring. I felt that my question was legitimate, but I guess some people just wanted to extrapolate from my origional question.
if you meant another poster, then my bad. :P
ANYWAYS, I always thought that the reason as to why the Olympics only shows five rings was because 'they' believed that North and South America are one continent, alongside Europe and Asia. No one seems to argue about that.
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Well that is true. Why they do that I do not know but my guess is it has more to do with a New World mentality in that Europe and Asia and Africa and Oceania have distinct histories and cultures. North America and South America also have this but in terms of the Western World of European descent it is much less as well as being geographically connected.(plate tectonic theory is much newer than the olympic ressurection as its modern day form was founded in the 1960's). In fact Europe and Asia have less right to be called a continent than North America and South America because as a land mass it has been connected far longer than any other land mass or continent.
