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Re:YC China and Qi Lu by tcmb on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @02:34AM (#17764128)
Isn't Canada also land that was forcibly colonized, by the French and British?
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Re:YC China and Qi Lu by Leary on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @10:24AM (#17766200)
That is whataboutism
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Re:YC China and Qi Lu by bena on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @11:02AM (#17766534)
His point is that there is basically no country on the planet that does not have some history of conquest attached to it.

Railing against it just because it's recent is just kind of arguing to a particular status quo. What makes the Chinese takeover of Taiwan any more or less legitimate than the PRC takeover of the mainland?

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Re:YC China and Qi Lu by Leary on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @11:07AM (#17766577)
Okay, I give approval for YC China to be in China.
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Re:YC China and Qi Lu by yladiz on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @10:58AM (#17766494)
It's not, because you mention directly that YC China should move to Vancouver, and the commenter said that the same issue you have with Taiwan happened in Canada.
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Re:YC China and Qi Lu by tmoneymoney on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @09:03AM (#17765687)
Lol
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