“Baby-making machines”: Chinese tweet on Uighurs not against Twitter rules

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As it happens ethnic minorities in China are allowed to have more children than the Han majority and benefit from preferential admission in universities.

I think sometimes there is a cultural disconnect between what is considered fine in China (and I mean culturally and by the general public, not the government) and not so fine in the West, and that can be used and spun for political purposes.

I mean, yes, you can say that the culture is different, but cultural lines are completely subjective. If you say that EVERYTHING is culturally relative, you are making the case that every culture should be okay with anything that any other culture does, and that respect for other cultures is more important than human rights.

If you take a more practical view and say that SOME things are culturally relative and others apply universally, I would argue that the government dictating human reproductive practices violates many human rights.

IMO governments should not control the production of humans.

Either way, I respect your view on this, just happen to disagree.

> IMO governments should not control the production of humans.

In general I agree. But as always there are circumstances in which action may be positive for the general good (General point, not about this article).

In fact, that can be linked to cultural differences: Does the individual trump everything else or (s)he is only part of a group? This is not black and white and different cultures move the needle differently on the dial.

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