Quote - Lol. I prefer a reputable source.

Seriously, though: You're right - if we subsume every country in the world under a "continent," the Middle East would belong in Asia. But does anyone in the Middle East consider themselves a part of Asia? Do western Russians? (The traditional divide is the Caucasus (hence "Asians" and "Caucasians.") If you called any of these peoples "Asian," they'd look at you pretty funny.

That's why I wrote that technically they were part of Asia. Someone else pointed out that, technically, East Russia was part of Asia, and I was just trying to stress the point that when we talk about ethnic backgrounds and "typical" looks, geographic technicalities are somewhat beside the point.

*Would anyone in the Middle East consider themselves part of Asia?
*That depends on which countries you consider part of the Middle East. I don't know for sure, but I'd imagine Iranians, and more so people in Afghanistan and Pakistan would think of themselves as inhabitants of Asia.

Enough of that topic, okay?

-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.