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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 22, 2020 22:38:55 GMT
No, he called it the Chinese virus. Chinese referring to the people, just like electrician refers to a person. The correct comparison to an "Electrical fire" is to call it the "corona virus". Chinese can also be an adjective, not just a noun. I suppose he could have called it the China Virus to be more neutral.
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Post by Skaathar on Mar 23, 2020 4:06:35 GMT
No, he called it the Chinese virus. Chinese referring to the people, just like electrician refers to a person. The correct comparison to an "Electrical fire" is to call it the "corona virus". Chinese can also be an adjective, not just a noun. I suppose he could have called it the China Virus to be more neutral.
That still doesn't make sense though. When you call a fire an electric fire, you classifying the kind of fire. In the case of this virus, if you want to classify it similarly then it would be the Corona Virus. Calling it a China virus implies that it was mostly just a virus located in China which we know isn't the case. Just face it, calling it the Chinese virus or any permutation of that name is just in bad taste.
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Post by darkpast on Mar 23, 2020 4:40:14 GMT
I think Trump is calling it Chinese Virus is purely political . He wants to assign blame elsewhere and maintain the pro-America motto of GOP. Though China is largely to blame, Trump response has been pathetic , but its the hardest i've ever seen him work in his years in office.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 23, 2020 5:23:10 GMT
That still doesn't make sense though. When you call a fire an electric fire, you classifying the kind of fire. In the case of this virus, if you want to classify it similarly then it would be the Corona Virus. Calling it a China virus implies that it was mostly just a virus located in China which we know isn't the case. Just face it, calling it the Chinese virus or any permutation of that name is just in bad taste. If you want to isolate the source of a house fire, you call it an electrical fire. If you want to isolate the source of such a virus, you can call it the China virus since it did originate there. Good thing Trump didn't use the phrase "Chinese water torture."
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Post by Skaathar on Mar 23, 2020 6:29:22 GMT
That still doesn't make sense though. When you call a fire an electric fire, you classifying the kind of fire. In the case of this virus, if you want to classify it similarly then it would be the Corona Virus. Calling it a China virus implies that it was mostly just a virus located in China which we know isn't the case. Just face it, calling it the Chinese virus or any permutation of that name is just in bad taste. If you want to isolate the source of a house fire, you call it an electrical fire. If you want to isolate the source of such a virus, you can call it the China virus since it did originate there. Good thing Trump didn't use the phrase "Chinese water torture."
False equivalence. "Electrical" discusses the source of the fire, not the location. If that's the comparison you want to make then you would call this an "animal virus", since that's the cause of the virus.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 23, 2020 6:34:52 GMT
False equivalence. "Electrical" discusses the source of the fire, not the location. If that's the comparison you want to make then you would call this an "animal virus", since that's the cause of the virus. That's only if your use of Chinese is a noun and not an adjective.
You can say Chinese clothing when you mean silk clothing. It's vague but it still would be accurate if the clothes came from China.
Also, when you say electrical fire you are saying it is a fault with the wiring, that doesn't mean you are accusing an electrician of deliberately doing it.
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Post by Skaathar on Mar 23, 2020 14:58:40 GMT
False equivalence. "Electrical" discusses the source of the fire, not the location. If that's the comparison you want to make then you would call this an "animal virus", since that's the cause of the virus. That's only if your use of Chinese is a noun and not an adjective.
You can say Chinese clothing when you mean silk clothing. It's vague but it still would be accurate if the clothes came from China.
Also, when you say electrical fire you are saying it is a fault with the wiring, that doesn't mean you are accusing an electrician of deliberately doing it.
In the end, you still can't use Chinese even as an adjective because they didn't create the virus. An electrical fire is a fire that started because of electrical wiring. You can't apply the same logic and say the Chinese virus is a virus that started because of Chinese people/culture/country. And no, saying "Chinese clothing" doesn't mean it's silk clothing. No idea where you came up with that.
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 23, 2020 16:52:09 GMT
And no, saying "Chinese clothing" doesn't mean it's silk clothing. No idea where you came up with that. From you.
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