At 2004-04-05T15:12:28Z, John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> writes: > "Taiwan, Republic of China" is as much a political statement as is > "Taiwan, Province of China". "Taiwan" is just a place name. ...and a political statement that you don't recognize China's claim. Again, I have no stance on the issue, so I am not disagreeing with your beliefs in this matter. However, your opinion is just as political as the opposing view. > I note that you refer to the place as simply "Taiwan". Why shouldn't > Debian do likewise? I am not an authority on the matter, and my naming of an entity isn't a good enough reason to declare it a fact. I typically refer to the name of my country as "America", but that's not its official name. Frankly, I don't think that it's Debian's place to take the political stance that it disagrees with the name that one particular standards organization has given a geographical reason, particularly since it does accept the other assigned names from that list. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est.
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