On 10 Nov 2011, at 20:42, Karl Auerbach wrote:
Be wary ... There is a similarity between the relationship of Wales (or Scotland, etc) to the UK as there is in the relationship of California (or Texas, etc) to the United States.
The argument that supports a TLD for Wales would also argue for a TLD for California.
And the same would hold for any division of any federalized national structure with a two-tier division of sovereignty.
Before advocating these kinds of things it would be wise to come up with some sort of principle that could be used to separate those cases that one would accept and ones that one would reject.
For instance, should there be a TLD for Aquitaine? (Probably not, but we do already have one for Catalonia.)
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