Does this post fly in the face of logic?

[Keystone Phil]

The US doesn't have official diplomatic relations with any Protestant leader, or Muslim or Buddhist or any other religious institutions for that matter either.

Uh...do any of those leaders have an independent state set up to even be recognized?

No, but the Vatican is barely a state either. It has less population and about as much area as my neighborhood. Should my neighborhood be an independent state? Should the city of Minneapolis (WAY more people than the Vatican) have diplomatic relations with foreign countries?

Also it was Mussolini who granted the Vatican state independence, so therefore it is illegitimate.

Apparently, many of the countries of the world aren't really states because a few major cities and neighborhoods in America have more people and more area. Also, we now apparently decide whether or not we should have diplomatic relations with countries based on their population.

[Keystone Phil]

I heard about a guy once, in a TV show, who was trying to set on a state on a former oil rig in the North Sea, a British guy IIRC, he wanted to make a tax heaven managed by net, I don't know what it becomes of his project now...

What is a state? What some recognize as being one, not?

But basing it off of population is stupid and saying that City X has more people than Country Y so Country Y isn't really a country is also stupid.

[Keystone Phil]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Athos

More people than the Vatican, similar status, and no diplomatic recognition.

Again, population is irrelevant. Stop mentioning it.

Also, if you want to have an argument for recognizing a country of a similar status, fine! Your post made no sense because it used your city as some stupid standard for how many people a country should have. Why not make it "If a country doesn't have as many people as New York City, it's not a real country?" You then went on to say that because your city is bigger, one must logically support it having diplomatic relations with other countries.

Nothing in your post made sense.

[Keystone Phil]

I love when BRTD talks stupid to me.

[Keystone Phil]

And no one recognizes Mount Athos, despite it being in a similar state.

And those are for political reasons!

Again, if you want to argue that we should not recognize the Vatican for political reasons, go ahead. It's idiotic and only based on your hatred of Catholicism but whatever.

I'm saying your argument that we shouldn't recognize them because their population is smaller than your neighborhood, therefore, they are not an actual state is ridiculous. It's even more ridiculous to say that because your city has more people that they should then have diplomatic relations with countries.

You're a dope.