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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by sumedh on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:31AM (#27685939)
> the British could just give us some island they don’t need

What about the people who are already living on that island, what if they dont want foreigners?

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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by smcl on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @07:05AM (#27687125)
It wouldn't be the first time a local population were forcibly evicted from a British colonial possession and a bunch of foreign nationals moved in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia
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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by strogonoff on Thursday July 01, 2021 @10:24PM (#27707265)
There exist uninhabited islands, but climate is harsh.
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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by strogonoff on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @04:12AM (#27686189)
This isn’t exactly a realistic proposal for many other reasons as well, but it’s interesting to contemplate.
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