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BUZZFEED NEWS: Cancel history and have fun with the imperial system



It could be said, that the representatives of China and United States of America have

been on a truly tough day. Knowing their situation of how America’s military vessel

entered China’s coastal area, there’s been tons of different opinions whether the

islands on the south of China’s waters belong to China or to the territories near them,

such as the Philippines.


Despite the fact how both representatives seemed very close when they were found in

the main hall playing the piano, they presented completely different opinions during

the sessions.


The representative of China provides information about their cultural remains, such

as coins, pottery, architecture, that were found in the islands. After some analysis it

was clear that the islands used to belong to the Chinese.


“Nobody objected, so we claimed it’s ours” – The representative of China.


However, the representative of USA states the complete opposite. Historical remains

found in the island is nonsense – it cannot and will never be used as a strong

evidence, that Chinese were living in the island and that the it belonged to them.

When the time came to ask the USA representative why such obvious evidence

cannot be held as actual proof, he stated it’s because nobody has documented the

actual pieces of remains.


We, from BuzzFeed News, highly recommend thinking

about such reference – if we had an apple, and everyone knew that it’s an apple, but

nobody had written a book about it, does it make an apple to be something else, for

example, an orange?


Unfortunately, denying historical evidence isn’t the only thing the American

representative could be judged for. During the sessions, representative got several

strikes for failing basic rules of procedure. For that, he was asked to explain as

detailed as possible why America is still using inches, feet and Fahrenheit.


The answer was simple – It’s because bigger numbers sound way more fun and impressive and by

that it is possible to have way more interesting debates when talking about, for

example, the temperature. On the other hand, he could have been scared - later the

representative of China proudly quoted: “China has the biggest cock”. Of course, we

will let that information bring more “interesting” debates.


by Matas from Buzzfeed News

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