Demons don't use logic
Silly dispute between Cruz and some Harvard demoness.
Harvard demoness says USA didn't exist until Treaty of Paris in 1783, because countries don't exist until recognized by others.
Fantastically dumb. Old countries like Switzerland and Ethiopia and Greece and Persia
unquestionably existed before "treaties" were invented.
If external recognition is the standard, then
Harvard was founded in 1885, because that's when the first accrediting agency was founded and accredited Harvard.
Of course there's no point in arguing with a Harvard demon[ess], since the sole purpose of demons, and Harvard, is to obliterate logic and facts and civilization. The only answer to obliteration is obliteration.
Later: This particular dyslogic reminded me of something that took a few minutes to pin down. It's School Administrator thinking. Human Resources Department thinking. Crude algorithmic thinking. Instead of looking at reality and considering relevant examples, the demoness clicks on a Policy Statement and reads the Policy Statement. Like a school administrator responding to a kid who drew a picture of a gun. Like Human Resources responding to an unattractive male who DARED to speak to a female. (Similar behavior by an attractive male doesn't reach HR because the female dates the attractive male instead of complaining to HR.)