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To: Avenger
Using "Asian" to describe folks who were once referred to as "Oriental" is insensitive to Caucasians, as the Caucasus Mountains are in Asia. There are more than a billion indigenous Caucasians living on the continent of Asia.



3 posted on 07/21/2002 9:03:17 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
the Caucasus Mountains are in Asia.

Actually, they are normally considered to form the boundary between Asia and Europe. Mount Elbrus is often classed as Europe's tallest mountain.

13 posted on 07/22/2002 2:26:02 AM PDT by Restorer
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To: Sabertooth
The Ural and Caucus mountains and the Bosporus straights are the eastern boundary of Europe.
19 posted on 07/23/2002 7:29:10 PM PDT by rmlew
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