Exactly. Probably because we are an Island (and the empire thing) our way of life has evolved differently to mainland Europe so we do a lot of things our way whereas the continentals are more likely to share a lot more similarities.

The more you focus on those differences the bigger the differences become as well as the distance between us. From saying "we" to "we and they" like Lostplanet22 said.

"To be a continent you need to not be connected to another "continent" by a large piece of land... and be the largest owner of a teconic plate.  (For example how North America owns more of the North American Plate then the afore mentioned east russia."

This doesn't make sense to me.  As in, I literally don't know what point you're trying to make.  What does it mean that North America owns "more of" its plate than east Russia, which isn't a continental component at all?  Is this a jumbled way of saying (as I was saying) that that land belongs to the NA plate and hence to NA? 

I do understand what you're trying to get at with the first sentence.  And I more or less agree with it, except that calling North America an island would be stretching the term to its limit. 

On a side note, what if in your example N. and S. America were still attached? 
-- If S. America still counted as a separate continent, would N. America be an island of Eurasia but still attached to S. America by land?  Very odd. 
-- If not, and you count N. and S. America together, they're bigger (I think) than Eurasia, so Eurasia would be an island of them ... but then Eurasia might be an island attached to the independent African continent.

The size you have to be to be a continent is more or less arbitrary AFAIK.  If Greenland was on its own plate it might count, but the way things stand now (and for millions of years) we don't have a real problem of where to draw the line like the astronomers did with Pluto. 

It would technically be an island.  Though who knows, they might come up with a new term based on the tiny point of Panama.

What I meant though, was that there is more landmass in North America with there is Russia.  Otherwise I believe North America would be consdiered an Island of Eurasia... or more percisely an Island of the subcontinent of East Russia.  Much how Andama Island is an Island of the Indian sub continent.

Same plate, not connected, but more of the plate belongs to the continent of Eurasia then the Island.

1.  It's questionable because the land in question doesn't belong to the Eurasian continental plate at all, but the North American one. 

2.  It's bigger than Panama, I'm pretty sure. 

3.  Now that's just not even close to true.  Haven't you heard of continental shelves?  Basically there are two types of tectonic plates -- continental plates and ocean plates.  Continental plates are partially underwater (coastal waters, Bering Strait, English Channel, etc. etc.), and this is the sort of shallow stuff that lowering the sea level (as massive glaciation does) might expose to greater or lesser degree.  Oceanic plates, on the other hand, are for the most part at MUCH lower elevation -- deep waters.  They are clearly distinguishable. 

Here's a map I found.  Roughly speaking, the pink stuff surrounding the black continental outlines I'm sure you recognize is the continental shelf, the part of the continent that's underwater, while the blue areas are classic oceanic plates.  The yellow lines are where the oceanic plates are spreading and elevation is somewhat higher. 

As you can see, although the undersea land countours look different from the world map we all saw in school, the continents are all recognizable and distinguishable. 

I think I see what you were trying to say.  But all I wanted to dispute is which continent gets credit for ownership of the area, in terms of geology or plate tectonics.  And it's clearly North America, just by looking at the map IMO.  But you, I, and everyone else consider it part of Asia.  Which was my point that that's not the only thing geography considers. 

Portugal actually shares the same time zone with the UK.

I am a born and bred Englishman and to be called a European I would consider to be an insult.

Found a cool map of the Bering Not-Strait going from its glory days to now. Not only was it bigger than the Suez, it was bigger than Texas.

No, the other thing it considers is if it's connected to another piece of land by a large area... like I said above.  It's large connection to Eurasia prevents it from being an Island of N.A. while North America having more of the plate prevents it from being a sub continent.

Although, i have to ask you... why do you consider it part of Asia and not part of Europe.  Assuming you support the 7 continent theory.

What about East Russia makes it more Asian then Europeon?