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Who is saying anything remotely like "if parents lie to their kids for long enough then we have a duty to make those lies come true"? Unless you're claiming 7
by hartpuff 10y ago
Who is saying anything remotely like "if parents lie to their kids for long enough then we have a duty to make those lies come true"?
Unless you're claiming 7 billion people in the world were born in Canada, the most distinguishing fact about these two is obviously not that their parents pretended to be Canadian.
- cperciva 10y agoUnless you're claiming 7 billion people in the world were born in Canada Not at all. I'm claiming that 7 billion people are not Canadian citizens due to the circumstances of their birth.
- hartpuff 10y ago> Not at all. Then, as I said, the most distinguishing fact about these two is obviously not that their parents pretended to be Canadian. There really is no point in arguing this since you believe the circumstances of someone born in Canada, raised to some extent in Canada, and having an affinity with Canada are analogous to someone who doesn't even know Canada exists, like a large proportion of that 7 billion you talk about. BTW, did you edit your other post? Not that it changes anything, but I don't remember it saying "victims of not being born Canadian citizens" when I replied.
- hartpuff 10y agoInteresting that I've suddenly, just now, received no less than two downvotes on the above (otherwise popular) post and my post above it (4 simultaneous downvotes on just two posts), despite this currently sliding down Page 5 of HN. To be legit, that's at least two separate people coincidentally downvoting the same day old posts at the same time, on a Page 5 submission.