• borari
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    Holy shit that got spicy. I was not expecting a Ukrainian and a Serb to start bickering back and forth while stacking racks over the level of support a country gave to the Nazis in WW2 on a kernel mailing list like they were in the comments here on Lemmy.

    I get that tensions are high, and for many people the geopolitical reality is their homes being used as cover on an active front line, but like bro your actual fucking name is attached to these messages. At least I keep my most unhinged shit on a semi-anonymous platform. They need to lock it the fuck up.

    Edit - jfc, a few messages later somebody comes in with something along the lines of “Taiwan isn’t a country, it’s part of China. When reunification comes sanctions won’t be appropriate against Chinese entities.” Is Lemmy just a front end for this mailing list and I had no idea this entire time?

    • @[email protected]
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      I thought you were joking, but yup they actually started quizzing eachother on WW2.

      It’s not the end of Linux by any means, but that’s gonna be hard to work together afterwards

    • granolabar
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      At least I keep my most unhinged shit on a semi-anonymous platform.

      🔥

    • @[email protected]
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      129 days ago

      Not even Taiwan claims to be a country though. They claim to be the sole legitimate government of China, hence their actual name, The Republic Of China, and not “republic of taiwan” or some other thing.

      • @Crashumbc
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        228 days ago

        While it was true for a long time, I don’t think Taiwan expects to get China back anymore. It’s more not to start WW3 for the last 30+ years

      • @[email protected]
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        127 days ago

        Not even Taiwan claims to be a country though. They claim to be the sole legitimate government of China, hence their actual name, The Republic Of China,

        Isn’t that, by definition, calling yourself a country?

        • @[email protected]
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          126 days ago

          Wrong phrasing on my part.

          No matter which side you ask, the Republic Of China (ROC) or the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Taiwan isn’t a country, it is a region of the country of China. Saying that Taiwan is a country satisfies neither the ROC nor the PRC’s claims

    • @nialv7
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      That’s why what Linus said was stupid when he brought WWII into this conversation…

    • @[email protected]
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      -329 days ago

      They are not wrong though Taiwan isn’t a country. They have never declared independence their government has never officially given up their claim of being the rightful ruler of China. I have no idea why none of these have not been done.

      • @Crashumbc
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        228 days ago

        Because China has always held it would start a full-scale invasion if they ever did. So everyone ignores the elephant and keeps the status quo…