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Re:Protasevich Street? Bucharest mulls changing address of B... by koheripbal on Thursday May 27, 2021 @08:18AM (#27302092)
These name changes may have some superficial "feel-good reinforcement" domestic value on social media, but they're never an avenue for change.

At best, they are a distraction. At worst, they reinforce the more juvenile members of each nation's diplomatic core that encourage non-constructive tit-for-tat "optics" politics.

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Re:Protasevich Street? Bucharest mulls changing address of B... by croon on Thursday May 27, 2021 @10:36AM (#27303667)
Well, they force all data stores that refer to the embassy as well as every person visiting it, and all correspondence to it to mention something they'd rather bury. But you might be right.
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Re:Protasevich Street? Bucharest mulls changing address of B... by fennecfoxen on Thursday May 27, 2021 @10:43AM (#27303736)
Of all the potential ways that tit-for-tat "optics" politics could manifest, this seems one of the more harmless.
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