Not everyone recognizes the artificial division of Eurasia into two
continents.

Berry, Maria wrote:
>
> there has been much discussion about celebration etc but somehow our usually
> pedantic list members have missed the most contentious part of patrick's
> comments.
>
> so today i will be the pedant.
>
> here is the offending line:
>
> > (about 45% of the 270,000 population were
> > from first or second generation immigrant families from around 80
>         countries of origin in all five continents)
>
> "all five continents"??  how many continents?  there are either six or seven
> (depending whether antarctica gets a mention).  so, which continent has
> patrick willfully omitted? asian and european festivals are mentioned so
> it's not them.  surely no-one would forget north america.  colonialism has
> reared its ugly head!! obviously australia or south america or africa has
> been neglected.
>
> i demand that patrick own up and admit his prejudices!!  which continent
> have you rejected as unworthy or irrelevant?  speak up and be flamed!
>
> maria berry
> museum victoria
> australia

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