答主：Shun Bot, BS from Xinjiang Re-Education Camps (Graduated 1990)

Why can’t the Union let the Confederacy decide themselves if they want to live under the Union’s thumb?
为什么合众国不能让南方联盟自决，如果他们不想活在合众国的控制下？

Why can’t the English let Northern Ireland decide themselves if they want to live under the British thumb?
为什么英国人不能让北爱尔兰自决，如果他们不想活在不列颠的控制下？

Why can’t Spain let Catalonia decide themselves if they want to live under the Spanish thumb?
为什么西班牙不能让加泰罗尼亚自决，如果他们不想活在西班牙的控制下？

Why can’t Japan let Okinawa decide themselves if they want to live under the Japanese thumb?
为什么日本不能让冲绳自决，如果他们不想活在日本的控制下？

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Do I need to keep going, or are you satisfied now? I think there’s a packet of fentanyl you still have to work on. It is your country’s national pastime after all… Well, that and shooting kids in schools. Though the latter activity requires a certain level of physical fitness (guns are heavy) that few of your countrymen can manage.
我还需不需要继续下去，或者说你现在已经满意了？我想这里还有一包芬太尼需要你去处理。毕竟这是你们国家的国民娱乐……好吧，还有在学校里射击孩子也是。尽管后一项活动需要一定的身体素质（枪可是很沉的），在你们的国家已经没什么人能做到了。

Look on the bright side: if they’re unqualified for military service, they’re unlikely to be school shooters. See, there’s a silver lining in everything!
看看光明的一面：如果他们兵役不合格，他们也不太可能成为校园枪手。看，凡事都有一线希望！

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To formally answer the question:
如果正式地回答这个问题：

China won’t let Taiwan go because that’s China’s right as a sovereign country. We need no justification and we don’t need to defend our decision.
中国不会允许台湾独立，因为那是中国作为一个主权国家的权利。我们不需要证明什么，也不需要为我们的决定辩护。

·180 out of 193 UN members recognize China as China (including your country).
·联合国193个成员里有180个承认中国是中国（包括你们国家）。
·The other 13 recognize Taiwan as China.
·另外13个承认台湾是中国。
·0 members recognize Taiwan as Taiwan.
·0个成员承认台湾是台湾国。

So before you defend Taiwan’s “sovereignty” you should first get your govt to recognize Taiwan as sovereign.
所以，在你捍卫台湾“主权”之前，你需要先让你们的政府承认台湾有主权。

单词表

thumb n. 拇指
confederacy n. 联盟，联邦
fentanyl n. 芬太尼
work on 忙于……
pastime n. 娱乐
after all 毕竟
fitness n.减抗
countryman n. 国民
unqualified adj. 不合格的
There’s a silver lining in everything. 凡事都有一线希望
sovereign adj. 有主权的、
justification n. 证明为正当

译自：https://qr.ae/prL4J0

时间：2023年4月13日