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  • Re: Tiananmen Square incident [1989-06-04]

    From A. Filip@21:1/5 to bmoore on Wed Jun 4 12:46:45 2025
    [email protected] (bmoore) wrote:
    https://www.britannica.com/event/Tiananmen-Square-incident

    Forgive, but never forget.

    What is the point of remembering *and forgiving WILLINGLY* ?
    The _official_ death toll is 241.
    Hail right to rule by deadly force.

    --
    A. Filip
    | A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to
    | program in than some that do. (Dennis M. Ritchie)

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  • From bmoore@21:1/5 to A. Filip on Wed Jun 4 15:58:26 2025
    In article <[email protected]>, A. Filip <[email protected]> wrote: >[email protected] (bmoore) wrote:
    https://www.britannica.com/event/Tiananmen-Square-incident

    Forgive, but never forget.

    What is the point of remembering *and forgiving WILLINGLY* ?
    The _official_ death toll is 241.
    Hail right to rule by deadly force.

    --
    A. Filip
    | A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to
    | program in than some that do. (Dennis M. Ritchie)

    OK, let's not forgive.

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  • From A. Filip@21:1/5 to bmoore on Wed Jun 4 21:38:06 2025
    [email protected] (bmoore) wrote:
    A. Filip <[email protected]> wrote:
    [email protected] (bmoore) wrote:
    https://www.britannica.com/event/Tiananmen-Square-incident

    Forgive, but never forget.

    What is the point of remembering *and forgiving WILLINGLY* ?
    The _official_ death toll is 241.
    Hail right to rule by deadly force.

    OK, let's not forgive.

    It fades away anyway.

    IMHO best approach for CPC would be "Not *the best* course of action
    (by current standards) a few leaderships ago". I would be "not the
    best" without implying (plain) "bad".

    <cynicism> You may give the date explicitly instead of writing anything
    about forgiving. The effect would be very similar in political
    practice. </cynicism>

    P.S. Whenever you refresh "yesterday's news" (even important+)
    always put the date in the subject. It is a very good practice IMHO.

    --
    A. Filip
    | Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.
    | (Arman de Caillavet, 1913)

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  • From bmoore@21:1/5 to A. Filip on Thu Jun 5 20:49:34 2025
    In article <[email protected]>, A. Filip <[email protected]> wrote: >[email protected] (bmoore) wrote:
    A. Filip <[email protected]> wrote:
    [email protected] (bmoore) wrote:
    https://www.britannica.com/event/Tiananmen-Square-incident

    Forgive, but never forget.

    What is the point of remembering *and forgiving WILLINGLY* ?
    The _official_ death toll is 241.
    Hail right to rule by deadly force.

    OK, let's not forgive.

    It fades away anyway.

    IMHO best approach for CPC would be "Not *the best* course of action
    (by current standards) a few leaderships ago". I would be "not the
    best" without implying (plain) "bad".

    <cynicism> You may give the date explicitly instead of writing anything
    about forgiving. The effect would be very similar in political
    practice. </cynicism>

    P.S. Whenever you refresh "yesterday's news" (even important+)
    always put the date in the subject. It is a very good practice IMHO.

    I did. Or do you mean the data of posting? Isn't that in the post?

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