Suppose Diaoyu Islands belonged to Japan or some other country, then over there they would not dare to touch me, tear down my house, make me secretly disappear, and would unlikely upset my mother, they would not dear to publicly rob me and frame me, the courts would allow me to confront them impartially in court, the police would not abuse their power to maintain stability, the media whores would not play helpless and miserable, the bridges would not break, the roads would not collapse, the water would not be flooding, there would be no induced abortions... I don't give a shit about who this fucking island belongs to, as long as it does not belong to me.
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