Lucien wrote:Karl wrote:And all those world leaders telling off North Korea are being really patronising too. They should stop being so smug and condescending and let the North Koreans do whatever they want in their own sovereign state.
I said on the last page not all decisions are equal, so there was no need to give an example like the above; as I said to you previously, choosing a political system is not the same as nuking France.
Yeah, this is my bad. Usually when I use a hyperbolic example I get a chuckle and maybe people have a little think about why their position is so readily compared to absurd scenarios. But you've defeated me and I crown you King of Deliberately Misunderstanding Arguments on the Internet.
Let's break this down:
1. No, Brexit isn't the same as a nuclear war. (It's also not the same as abject racism - though there was plenty of implied racism from EDL skinheads in the guise of 'controlling immigration' that seeped into the debate! - or bringing back hanging.) My point was that both of these things are or would be considered ridiculous by experts who understand them - as they are both pointless acts of petty nationalism that damage both us and our neighbours - and so neither should be put to plebiscite (to allow people who
don't understand them to vote on them) in the first place.
2. No, the UK isn't the same as North Korea. World leaders commenting on the actions of other world leaders and on other prominent geopolitical issues is a part of global politics. All the more so if those issues directly affect the people they represent or lead. This is why it's OK for the EU to continue to officially comment that they feel the UK is making a bad decision. It's also why it's OK for various world leaders to tell North Korea to do one.
I spent ten minutes of my working day explaining this and I'm not sure I preferred it to doing actual work.