Comments by "seneca983" (@seneca983) on "Why France is Ending Birth Citizenship in its African Territory" video.

  1. It's not unusual among countries in Europe (or most other places). The controversy seems to be strictly inside France. I don't think I've seen all that many outsiders call this wrong or anything.
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  2. The migrants might not be the ones that wanted independence. They might have not even been born yet when Comoros got its independence.
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  3.  @peterfireflylund  Hmm, I haven't happened to have seen much American opinions on that particular topic.
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  4.  @CaribouEno  "Caledonia is missing as French territory in this video" It's a "sui generis collectivity" since 1999.
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  5.  @adriench.7148  Did they (i.e. the ones who have come to Mayotte or want to do so) in favor of independence for Comoros or for staying as a part of France?
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  6.  @BlunderCity  Interesting, thanks for the info.
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  7. Well, that's about 21% lower than half. I think you can still reasonably say that it's (very) roughly close to half.
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  8.  @Patrick-y4d1z  Half or 3300 is 1650. 1300 is about 79% of 1650, i.e. about 21% lower than it.
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  9.  @Patrick-y4d1z  "It's exactly 10.61% below 50%." No, it's 10.61%-points below 50%, not 10.61%. These are different things and I was talking about percentages, not percentage points.
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  10.  @Patrick-y4d1z  "If half is 50%, then 39.39% is 10.61% less. Yes, you're correct in that these are also referred to as percentage points." According to standard terminology, 39.39% is 10.61%-points less than 50%, and 21.22% less than 50%, because 10.61% is 21.22% of 50%. These are what percentages and percentage points refer to (in this context). Your wording "are also referred to as percentage points" would seem to imply that percentages and percentage points would be alternate names for the same thing. That would be incorrect if that's what you were trying to say. These terms have a difference for a reason. As a simpler example, an increase from 2% to 3% is an increase of 1%-point and it's also an increase of 50%. These two terms exist to make clear which one of these one is talking about.
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