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arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkCustody ruling in same-sex case hailed as LGBTQ+ milestone in Chinawww.theguardian.comAhri Boy 🏳️⚧️ to LGBTQ+ · 1 month agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlthedeprogram@lemmit.onlinechina
minus-squareComradeSaladlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoI’m a bit confused. Wouldn’t that sentence imply that Chinese society isn’t democratic since the will of the people isn’t reflected in law? (They still are)
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoThey can’t say that because the countries they claim are democracies have the same problem
minus-squarelil_tank [any, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI understand that you read it as “Well it should but we all know it will not”, but in the context of the article the subtext is more like “generally when public opinion shifts the law follows”
I’m a bit confused. Wouldn’t that sentence imply that Chinese society isn’t democratic since the will of the people isn’t reflected in law?
(They still are)
They can’t say that because the countries they claim are democracies have the same problem
I understand that you read it as “Well it should but we all know it will not”, but in the context of the article the subtext is more like “generally when public opinion shifts the law follows”