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Mariana

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2. You are wrong, Gil.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:15 PM

Jan 2019

"What can we do?" is a question. You can tell it's a question because it has one of these at the end of it: ? The only thing "implied" when someone asks you a question is that the person asking the question would like an answer. That's what dialogue is, Gil, by definition.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialogue

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Uyghur refugee tells of death and fear inside China's Xinjiang camps [View all] guillaumeb Jan 2019 OP

#9 Major Nikon Jan 2019 #1

You are wrong, Gil. Mariana Jan 2019 #2

The "what can we do" excuse for inaction and ignoring guillaumeb Jan 2019 #4

'Reeducating' Xinjiang's Muslims Jim__ Jan 2019 #3

And "re-educating" them in the error of their theistic beliefs. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #5