I get what you're saying, and you are right, of course. I'm trying to think of this not from a prescriptive position, though, but thinking of "why do people li

I get what you're saying, and you are right, of course. I'm trying to think of this not from a prescriptive position, though, but thinking of "why do people like Mercator". And I believe that people like the perceived efficiency of Mercator, in the sense that you can make a world map that fills more of its area with land mass. Or, addressing your comment more pointedly: yes, yes you can. You can ignore the Pacific Ocean on a world map most of the time. :D