Re: GG's rant on Taiwan doesn't work. Don't the Taiwaness have rights of their own, George?Archived Message
Posted by John Monro on August 9, 2022, 6:48 am, in reply to "GG"
Re Taiwan. GG's rant doesn't wash with me. Taiwan as part of China? It hasn't been part of China for 70 years and proven its status in the world community. It runs a functioning separate democracy and wealthy society. No way does it compare to Catalonia or Hawaii, or his other examples, the comparison doesn't work, they have not run seperate societies for seventy years. . As far as I'm concerned the only community that Taiwan belongs to is the community that actually lives there, and under a UN charter they do have a right to self-determination. The problem lies, what can I or anyone else do about it? Not much really. power rules, not humanity. The fact that China insists that Taiwan is part of China is just a macho, infantile, irrational and anti-humane policy of the people of China, backed by a powerful and cruel clique accustomed to absolute rule. Taiwan'a best chance for a future worth having is to remain in this limbo, unsatisfactory as this is, so interference in this delicate state of affairs, by the USA, Pelososi etc is dangerous to Taiwan, and ultimately to us all. Perhaps in time China can be persuaded to let Taiwan just go, with provisos that it will remain a neutral state and have no military forces other than for civilian order. That would be a solution, not the forceable re-integration and all the trouble and mystery this would bring so many human beings.