[freeciv-data] Re: tolerance, political-correctness, and fascism (wasRe: New Nazi cityset attached...)

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "SamBC" <sambc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 23:05:34 +0100
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Reed Meyer
> >
> >
> >
> >I haven't even been arguing lately for the inclusion of the Nazi
> >"nation" into the freeciv distribution.  However, I have been
> >arguing against being treated unfairly in that regard (i.e., why
> >should the Nazi nation be denied, but other nations with a
> >less-than-stellar history like the Chinese, the Boers, and now
> >probably also the CSA, be welcomed?).
>
> And you have been ignoring the good, rational reason against its
> inclusion that it was not a nation or society, but one period in the
> history of a nation, and that nation is already included.
Very good point, Sam.  I just want to add that the Chinese actually have a 
long and glorious history.  The fact that in Freeciv the Chinese nation is 
represented by the flag of the People's Republic of China is only incidental 
and _in_no_way_ suggests that it refers SOLELY to the current Communist 
regime.  It is just that no single unifying symbol is able to represent over 
5,000 years of Chinese history.  There were long periods of monarchy, and 
under the emperor, the flag changes from dynasty to dynasty.  Only in the 
early part of the 20th century, a republic started to emerge under the 
Kuomintang (Natinal People's Party), but didn't get very far among constant 
war and turmoil.  And in 1949, defeated by the Communists, the Kuomintang 
retreated to Taiwan and stayed there ever since, still under the name 
Republic of China.  So it would not be unreasonable to use the flag of ROC 
to represent the Chinese, although fewer people will able to recognize it.
Just my RMB 17 Fen.

Mike



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