Re: national v nationalist

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 13:27:08 -0400 Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>
writes:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 17:40:23 -0400 Richard Chonak 
> <rac@gabriel.cambridge.ma.us> writes:
> >
> > Well, here's a data point from another source, the US Government.  
> 
> > The
> > CIA Factbook lists Puerto Rico as a country, and speaks of the
> > nationality "Puerto Rican":
> > 
> > http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rq.html
> > 
> > I'm starting to think that it is correct to refer to a "Puerto 
> Rican
> > national" in the news, although such nationals are US citizens.
> > 
> > --RC
> 
> Using that line of thinking then I would be a "Massachusetts 
> National",  and you can add Virginia and perhaps Nevada? to that 
> list since those states are actually "Commonwealths" and not States 
> as in "The State of New Hampshire".  I'm not going to criticize the 
> CIA at this point, however it would be nice to think that they know 
> the difference between a sovereign nation and a Commonwealth of the 
> United States wouldn't you agree?
> 
> DF