Since averywhere in the world is always west of somewhere else!
2006-08-15 22:14:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It dates back to the cold war, where NATO was the West, and the Soviet Union was the East.
Incidentally, this is also where "blue on blue" came from, as NATO's main colour in diagrams/maps etc was blue, and the Soviets were red.
2006-08-15 22:38:22 · answer #1 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The West originally referred to Western Europe. It was extended to mean America when it was colonized by Britain and France.
2006-08-15 22:23:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just a convenient term from the spin doctors, a substitute for "us" and "them".
This term is nothing to do with geography. eg. Israel is usually represented in the "Eurovision Song Contest" and gets grants from the EU even though geographically it is in the "middle east" or sometimes even the "west".
2006-08-15 22:27:14 · answer #3 · answered by Nothing to say? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because on a standard flat map with the meridian (?sp) in the centre, they are on the left...ie West
2006-08-15 22:21:56 · answer #4 · answered by e404pnf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All words are relative, but by using the same conventions we can attempt to have semi-productive communication between people.
2006-08-15 22:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are west of the ex-ussr, which is the east. comes from the cold war, i think
2006-08-15 22:25:14 · answer #6 · answered by laura 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question! I got one for you: If car jacking is when you steal a car why is stealing a plane called hi-jacking? Why not plane jacking. And what do you call stealing a boat???
2006-08-15 22:19:24 · answer #7 · answered by heatherlynnmorrow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's got something to do with their geographical location
2006-08-15 22:31:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of the time line in Greenwich ?
2006-08-15 22:19:47 · answer #9 · answered by JS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋