Cataluña is a historical region - it is not, has never been, and is pretty unlikely to ever be, a country like, say, Scotland.
An interesting comparison... I would be interested to know your definition of country.
Scotland is part of Great Britain, and thus part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and (Northern) Ireland.
Cataluña is a historical region - it is not, has never been, and is pretty unlikely to ever be, a country like, say, Scotland.
An interesting comparison... I would be interested to know your definition of country.
Scotland is part of Great Britain, and thus part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and (Northern) Ireland.
Interesting question: what makes a country a country (and when, and who)?
I'm not sure. But fact is that scotland once was a full-fledged independent state/country (untill the Acts of Union 1706&1707, and cataluña not.
and I heard most of the people who live there are Moors!
you shouldn't believe everything you hear, but even if so, so what?
We're talking about flag icons on a chess site, not passports! Who cares?
When you consider on a case-by-case basis, whether you allow the use of a particular flag, any decision will not free of politic. In order to stay politically neutral, you can try two ways;
or
In case 1, I wonder, how many territory/ country names would disappear from the List. And the list would look uncomfortably political. Would you be happy with that? – I wouldn’t.
I appreciate that Chess.com allows flags of territories. It shows they (chairmen) respect personal feeling of identity of the individual.
This is not the United Nations! Who cares what flag icons people choose? If I wanted t play under the flag of Narnia, or Hogwarts, what possible difference could it make?
and I heard most of the people who live there are Moors!
you shouldn't believe everything you hear, but even if so, so what?
who's this goof?
2nd time you're proving yourself to be an ignorant
let's hear from the administration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI7YHZVc7mM
....you're right !
So. This one goes out to Mister Chess Dot Com !....lets hear it for him !!
Following the logic of some on here (states v countries) Chess.com should remove the flags of the EU28 member states and replace them with the EU flag...