It wouldn’t, I’m just referring to the option of players to select the historical flag to represent political opinion on modern day ROC.
I’d say since it’s client side customization, so it shouldn’t matter in any way, but that was the argument brought against adding the flag so I’m countering based on it.
Also this goes both ways, the PRC flag could be used as historical flag, however it may also be used as political statement. Keep in mind there is 11 nations where ROC is recognized as Chinese government, meaning players in those regions might take offense, as well as players living in Taiwan.
Of course it wouldn’t be fair to outright ban it just because of a subjective political interpretation, which is the exact point here.
This feature is purely client-side and doesn’t affect other players at all.
I honestly don’t see how this could be a political issue, but…
I’d better not say more, or my comment will probably get deleted again.
If that’s what you believe, fine. But this is a hotly debated political event and since gaijin doesn’t associate itself with politics it isn’t suitable for discussion. And you should not start such discussions by using such claims
It has its own government and military. It is a sovereign state. This is not an opinion, its a fact. Did PRC not exist before it was recognized? No, it also existed. Both exist.
Both are heavily disputed and it’s a conversation that attracts the worst kind of people.
(I don’t disagree with you btw, I personally think taiwan might as well be a state since it has its own functions, military, government, and what basically are foreign relations, all of which are independent from the people’s republic of china).
RoC having its own vehicles in War Thunder confirms its existance as an separate entity. Its like disputing earth being round. Do people do it? Yes. Does it make sense? No. Allies during WW2 did not gaslight themselves into thinking there is no Vichy France, and nobody today doubts the existance of North/South Korea. The “worst kind of people” want us to think its disputable. We should not let them manipulate us into doubt. We are better than this.
I literally agree with you, I just cannot be bothered to have an argument over what might as well be fact. Especially on a subject (recognition of statehood) that might not be fully relevant to adding the ROC’s flag.
(Especially considering that the subject of statehood seems to send “the worst kind of people” completely off topic so considering how easily distracted they get, I’d rather not give them more distractions then necessary).
I dont think recognition of statehood and existance of a state is the same. But i agree we should not continue this discussion here. I just saw a forum user get vaporized.
honestly if a nation is recognized or not has nothing to do with it having a flag and having vehicles, the vehicles represent the user, be it a state that exists or once existed.
On a side note of national flags that are ingame, I noticed the Syrian flag has changed on the vehicles that have it, they are using the pre 1972 flag (three star) now for operator nation but have the modern one (two star) as the background.
Edit:
Looked will be fixed when update drops, someone else noticed a month ago
My argument is entirely apolitical, it’s based on historical faithfulness and holding ROC to the same standard as other in-game subnations and operators
Can you explain why you’re opposed to this without introducing politics?