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> "There's China" I said. "And there's Taiwan." You knew her disposition. (You were her friend). What was the goal of that comment, to incent a fruitless polit
by orijing 15y ago
> "There's China" I said. "And there's Taiwan."
You knew her disposition. (You were her friend). What was the goal of that comment, to incent a fruitless political discussion?
Edit: Whoa there. Why the downvotes? I am genuinely curious why the parent decided it was a good idea to stoke that discussion. I have friends whose political views are far from mine, and there are just DMZ topics that I don't dare bring up. For example, a discussion about the Federal Reserve and Operation Twist would be fruitless with my Libertarian friends, who just have a different opinion on that, which I believe is irreconcilable. I would say that's the same situation with Taiwan-strait politics.
- barrkel 15y agoFacts as concrete as physical dimensions are not really open to political debate.
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- marshray 15y agoThey are until the body politic has access to reproducible data. 20 years ago most people in the world did not have access to satellite imagery or location data. Even today, in this thread right here, we're still trying to figure out whether or not the the misalignment of the road data and the satellite images is merely a coordinate system error or a systematic attempt to deceive.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoYou say that, but you've clearly never gone up against an adversary with a complete lack of boundaries around what they'll do to achieve their political goals. Politics often manipulates facts. There are a lot of topics I'd love to say aren't open to political debate, because I personally consider them axioms of basic sanity, but the existence of people who disagree unfortunately leaves the debate open.
- marshray 15y agoMy sense was she thought she was giving me a fact about geography I didn't know, as simple as that. Later, she, another friend from China, and I had a more in-depth discussion about Taiwan. It was really interesting to get that perspective. P.S. I have no idea why you're being downvoted either.