I wrote: > "Taiwan, Republic of China" is as much a political statement as is > "Taiwan, Province of China". "Taiwan" is just a place name.
Kirk Strauser writes: > ...and a political statement that you don't recognize China's claim. "Taiwan, Republic of China" is a political statement that you don't recognize China's claim. "Taiwan" is neutral. Failure to parrot the Chinese government's political statement is not opposing it: it's ignoring it. > I am not an authority on the matter, and my naming of an entity isn't a > good enough reason to declare it a fact. I typically refer to the name > of my country as "America", but that's not its official name. Why does "official" matter? "Taiwan" is unambiguous and universally understood. > Frankly, I don't think that it's Debian's place to take the political > stance that it disagrees with the name that one particular standards > organization has given a geographical [region]... That standards organization is a political organization which has assigned that name for a political purpose. Debian need not further that purpose. > ...particularly since it does accept the other assigned names from that > list. The other names are reasonable. -- John Hasler You may treat this work as if it [EMAIL PROTECTED] were in the public domain. Dancing Horse Hill I waive all rights. Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
