Re:Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war
by mdp2021 on Monday November 18, 2024 @02:44PM
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Thank you for the clarifications. Well, your post and purpose and statements were not so unambiguous.
The «tongue-in-cheek remark» was not evident as such - also since I must confirm that there are people that actually believe that individuals holding passport of any Country exercising elections would be responsible for the actions of any fleeting government. (Have you ever met any? It took very many arguments to crack some.)
> Denying that will keep you detached from reality - in the same way that denying that Trump, today, does represent the US would. // You want to hope
Avoid '«you»', use 'people': the use of 'you' may seem to accuse your direct occasional interlocutor of holding those positions (which did not show).
But when you speak about «America» you seem to be provoking on the reticence-loosening point: when in some (hypothetical but still exemplary) place one third of the people declares to despise somebody with the highest contempt, while another third declares to support him with the highest admiration, you cannot confuse the two sets. So when you say "Americans want tacos" (or whatever), that is an improper use of 'Americans' that does not lead anywhere productive.
The «tongue-in-cheek remark» was not evident as such - also since I must confirm that there are people that actually believe that individuals holding passport of any Country exercising elections would be responsible for the actions of any fleeting government. (Have you ever met any? It took very many arguments to crack some.)
> Denying that will keep you detached from reality - in the same way that denying that Trump, today, does represent the US would. // You want to hope
Avoid '«you»', use 'people': the use of 'you' may seem to accuse your direct occasional interlocutor of holding those positions (which did not show).
But when you speak about «America» you seem to be provoking on the reticence-loosening point: when in some (hypothetical but still exemplary) place one third of the people declares to despise somebody with the highest contempt, while another third declares to support him with the highest admiration, you cannot confuse the two sets. So when you say "Americans want tacos" (or whatever), that is an improper use of 'Americans' that does not lead anywhere productive.