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1. simlev+S1[view] [source] 2026-02-02 02:18:44
>>myster+(OP)
Probably related to this: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v869-about-taiwan/
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2. icelan+72[view] [source] 2026-02-02 02:21:13
>>simlev+S1
Yeah, Notepad++ is known for political messaging in their updates. Taiwan, Ukraine, etc.
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3. LoganD+W3[view] [source] 2026-02-02 02:39:38
>>icelan+72
I can't help but feel there must some better venue for such messaging.

When I see politics in software updates or documentation, nothing happens because I'm not looking to use the software for political activism. Maybe I tell my adblocker to remove the messaging, and carry on with my task.

I can engage with politics in a social context, when political messaging isn't interrupting something else I'm doing; that's a better place for activism, IMHO.

I almost always see activists using the argument that if I don't like the messaging then I'm part of the problem. Somehow I doubt that, given I don't mind messaging at all, where it's appropriate.

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4. mmsc+6i[view] [source] 2026-02-02 05:12:21
>>LoganD+W3
If the political messages said "gas the Jews", "exterminate the Ukrainians and give Ukraine to Russia", and "Taiwan has and always will be a province of china", you probably wouldn't use notepad++.
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5. leosar+dj[view] [source] 2026-02-02 05:25:32
>>mmsc+6i
> Taiwan has and always will be a province of china

You know that's official position of 99% countries in the world, including all superpowers and every NATO member?

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6. mmsc+wk[view] [source] 2026-02-02 05:42:36
>>leosar+dj
No it's not and if you do believe that, you are taking an overly reductionist viewpoint.

99% countries, as they say, "acknowledge China's viewpoint".

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7. maxglu+Wm[view] [source] 2026-02-02 06:10:26
>>mmsc+wk
~120 countries fully endorse One China Policy. ~60 acknowledge. ~10 recognize ROC.
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8. mmsc+co[view] [source] 2026-02-02 06:24:45
>>maxglu+Wm
https://interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/one-china-co...
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