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>The largest H-bomb test ever carried out was in Europe! While technically Severny Island is "in Europe" in the historical continental sense, Russian arctic is
by xoa 6y ago
>The largest H-bomb test ever carried out was in Europe!
While technically Severny Island is "in Europe" in the historical continental sense, Russian arctic islands aren't what anyone is referring to as a comparison point with the US in this discussion. Nor Russia in general for that matter.
- arethuza 6y agoI was specifically addressing the point that: "It's quite hard to find a similar scenario in Europe: these vast, sparsely-populated tracts of land." Saying that a part of Europe should be excluded from debate about whether Europe has "sparsely-populated tracts of land" because it is remote and sparsely populated seems a bit circular. A sizeable chunk of Russia is in Europe - not sure why that should be excluded? Edit: If people mean the EU or Western Europe when they say "Europe" then that's fine - but it's arguably similar to people from Europe only regarding the US as the two coasts!
- waterheater 6y ago>If people mean the EU or Western Europe when they say "Europe" then that's fine Yep, that's what I refer to. I imagine most Americans do as well. From my perspective, I don't expect Europeans to automatically include considerations of Alaska. >it's arguably similar to people from Europe only regarding the US as the two coasts! A well-known term in the USA is "fly-over country." That refers to all the land between the two coasts. Our own "coasties" already view the rest of the country as another world. We already do that to ourseleves!