re: #461 Decatur Deb
Yes—redrawing borders used to be a whimsical European parlor game, and millions have died to rationalize them. Makes you want to limit governments to the sound of the town clock (Campenellismo).
The consequences have been especially sad in Africa. Kenya and much of Tanzania ought to be one country, and Sudan ought to be two countries. The resulting tribal frictions quite trumped whatever benefits English common law would otherwise have provided.