Timeline for deleted comments about non-existent country
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:52 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Dec 4, 2011 at 19:31 | comment | added | Mark Mayo Mod | Actually we've had to remove several comments this week from various people that were "politicizing". And while perhaps you've not read any, others certainly have eg: taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1773642. | |
| Dec 4, 2011 at 19:23 | comment | added | JoelFan | Why is it that only I am criticized for "politicizing", while the original questioner uses a politically charged term for a region when other more neutral terms are readily available and much more often used in the media and other writing. I can't recall ever hearing or reading a media account that referred to "Palestine" as the venue for any newsworthy event. | |
| Dec 4, 2011 at 19:22 | comment | added | JoelFan | All those places you mentioned (South Sudan, Kosovo, etc.) were parts of other countries before they became independent. I don't see the point you're trying to make. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 6:04 | comment | added | mindcorrosive | @JoelFan: I think you should refrain from politicizing discussions which are solely oriented towards giving relevant travelling information. This is not a political science site, and such discussions are (for me, personally) actively harmful and off-topic -- Travel-SE is all about tolerance and multiculturalism. If you don't like how people call Palestina, I suggest you ignore such questions in the future instead of trying to start a debate that is not going to help anyone. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 5:30 | comment | added | JoelFan | Do those countries also recognize such "countries" as Kurdistan, Basque, Tibet and countless other non-countries? No, which proves that their only motivation is political. Palestine does not have sovereignty, especially of all the territory they claim. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 5:15 | comment | added | Mark Mayo Mod | Ah, found it. @Joel-Spolsky took care of your one comment, and presumably missed the other two I mention above. I can't speak for him, but I'd be assuming it's because the comments do not aid the questioner in their search for information, which is what this site is trying to achieve... | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 4:59 | comment | added | Mark Mayo Mod | can see them on travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2782/… and travel.stackexchange.com/questions/1509/…, but obviously they're not deleted there. At no point did the questioner say that it WAS a country, though, so they do seem a bit unnecessary. And as I pointed out in my comment on your question above, 2/3 of the world DO recognise them as a separate state, although I realise you may be in the 1/3 that holds a different view. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 4:56 | comment | added | Mark Mayo Mod | could you indicate which questions? I've had a quick check of a couple but haven't seen them. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 4:49 | comment | added | JoelFan | No, I'm not talking about that... I deleted the question and turned it into a comment... then the comment got deleted. I also put the same comment on 2 or 3 similar questions and they also got deleted. I'm not saying they shouldn't visit... I'm just saying they shouldn't use terminology that suggests it's a country... I would suggest "Israel and the Palestinian areas" if they have to make a distinction. | |
| Dec 1, 2011 at 4:34 | history | answered | Mark MayoMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |