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Anyone with a quibble about ''discovered'', please make your point here first. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 22:25, 11 July 2007 (EDT) | Anyone with a quibble about ''discovered'', please make your point here first. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 22:25, 11 July 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | Alright - here's my point: There were '''people living there already''' - "discovered" implies that it didn't exist until Cook got there, or at least that Cook's appearance legitimised something. Just because Europeans hadn't been there doesn't mean it was "undiscovered." Just because this wiki is conservative, that doesn't mean it needs to be Eurocentric - and thus inaccurate. 23:03, 11 July 2007 (EDT) | ||
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Anyone with a quibble about discovered, please make your point here first. --Ed Poor Talk 22:25, 11 July 2007 (EDT)
Alright - here's my point: There were people living there already - "discovered" implies that it didn't exist until Cook got there, or at least that Cook's appearance legitimised something. Just because Europeans hadn't been there doesn't mean it was "undiscovered." Just because this wiki is conservative, that doesn't mean it needs to be Eurocentric - and thus inaccurate. 23:03, 11 July 2007 (EDT)