` :::Well, I would have to respectfully disagree myself. Just think about it for a moment. ``British Isles`` is a term used to refer to the archipelago off the coast of Europe that includes Great Britain, Ireland, and various other islands. There is no debate in Ireland, north or south, as to whether or not Ireland is included in that archipelago; it is an incontrovertible geographical fact that it is, and I'm not aware of anyone disputing it. The only debate is concerning what that archipelago is called, not what it contains. If everyone started calling the archipelago ``The islands that belong to Queen Elizabeth II``, Ireland would still be part of it; one can't opt out of being a geographical feature, but one can take issue with what that feature is called.  `