At 10:02 AM 7/18/00 -0400, Marcel Popescu wrote: >give a damn about Romania either, whatever that is. [I still have to find >someone able to define "Romania" or "country" in a meaningful way.] You might start with people who speak romanian, who eat romanian food, and look like other romanians. I'm *sure* the folks in neighboring countries have a good idea what a romanian is. Ask them. As for 'country', you'll find that there are folks with small arms stationed along roads leading out of romania, who believe strongly that *their* country starts there. Romania is that solid angle of earh claimed by none of your neighbors.