Anthony Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Why why must Debian call Taiwan a "Province of China"? Why can't it > > just stick with a neutral "Taiwan". Why single out a geographical > > name and append a political statement to it? Sticks out and looks > > kind of silly.
> Debian cannot win this argument and should not participate in it. We > have to choose names from some standards body somewhere, and no matter > what we do somebody will disagree. Anyone with half a brain can see what moronic thing the `Taiwan, Province of China' is. It's the _only_ `editorial comment' in the entire list (all other comma-separated entries are simple prefixes which when used result in each country's full official name; the Taiwan entry doesn't really fit). It's clear that the PRC threw its weight around, threw a tantrum, whatever, to get this kind of crap embedded in a standard, as unnecessary and awkward as it is. There's a solution which angers no one except those who have already have abused the process: just keep `Taiwan'. Debian can even make a standard if they want: editorial comments will be deleted. Thus in the future, if Israel and Iran get tagged as `Israel, illegitimate zionist running dogs', and `Iran, dictatorship of evil' (and given the horse-trading that these standards reflect, I wouldn't be at all surprised), Debian's course will be clear. > > Why thrust Debian into politics, where there was no big problem > > It is people like you who thrust Debian into politics, even not enough > in debian-boot. Yes, you love living in China Taiwan. Will you stand > on the other side when you live in China mainland? Debian shouldn't _make_ editorial comments like this, but they shouldn't dumbly stand by and mirror those made by others with fewer scruples. -Miles -- Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. -- Jerry Garcia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
