TJ, at the risk of repeating myself excessively,
<what makes you think taiwan will be attacked ?>
I doubt that it really will be attacked, though some minor disputed islands probably will be during the Feather Duster manouevres.
<are you a CB as well, not able to think the natural, see the obvious, appreciate the apparent, figure out the sure, take in the inevitable,>
I think I'm able to do those most of the time and certainly better than most.
< realize that taiwan reunification with mainland is a given, inevitably involving no shedding of blood, because it is not necessary, given the inevitability ?>
Inevitability? Such a strange idea for such a situation. New Zealand has been ununified with Australia for a century and it doesn't seem inevitable that it will join up again, with or without shedding of blood. The two seem reasonably similar to me. Britain used to be part of the Roman Empire and I am still waiting for the inevitable reunification with Rome. Ireland used to be part of Britain, but I'm not holding my breath for reunification there either.
I can find a quote from you saying that people thinking they can predict the future are wrong. Inevitability is a very robust prediction, contrary to your theory of lack of predictability of the future.
<do you not see the migration of people and jobs, the voting with the moolah, the casting of ballot with business and commerce, the pull of the wallet, and the desperation of the spoilers ?>
I see migration of people to Australia, moolah flows, ballot casting, wallet magnetism, but not much desperation. I haven't seen desperation of "spoilers" in Taiwan? Got a photo?
<do tell, if you too are a simpleton, believing all matters will be resolved with use of force>
Huh? Where did you get such a weird idea? I hope you don't think I'm advocating resolution of matters by attacking CCP in Beijing. If CCP attacks Taiwanese people, then I would be understanding if all and sundry leap to their defence. It's ugly to see people attacked and one should do something about it. In the event of attack, yes, things are resolved by the use of force. That's nature's way when minds fail.
<oops, yes, i remember now, you are one who believes that water is thicker than blood>
Ideas and values are more robust than blood. Water is to drink, swim in, power turbines, wash with, poach eggs, make plants grow, electrolyze to provide H2 to burn, float on in a boat, keep the biosphere circulating, keep Earth warm, etc.
<as CB believes that war is good for the economy,>
I have heard that some people believe that insanity. I haven't seen CB agree with it.
< satellites have wings, >
That was my little joke, which CB took me to think was true [providing an interesting perspective on what she thought I understand].
<currency strength has no bearing on anything,>
Huh? I watch currency strength closely because it has major effects on things.
< GDP stats is meaningful,>
They are, in part, though digging holes and filling them in again is not my favoured way of increasing GDP, nor is getting involved with the legal profession, nor providing a target for a cruise missile.
<housing inflation creaing phony value coupled with real property tax increase is a good thing >
If one's house is in an increasingly popular location and the increase is due to demand rather than currency dilution then it's a good thing for the owner. Fortunately for me, some of our house value increase is due to popularity of the area among people escaping China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, India. They prefer living surrounded by water, not blood, which gets thick and icky when leaking from flesh.
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