Of course I am. My point is that others should stop using the name of a Chinese city as shorthand for kidnapping and forced servitude.

Odd that you recognize a freedom for yourself that you don't extend to others.

Everyone is of course free to use antiquated, offensive terms.

And everyone* is likewise free to complain about inconsequential choices of verbiage while men are being drafted against their will and forced to invade their neighbours.

*everyone but those poor souls being drafted or invaded...

I can't be the only one getting tired of the language policing.

No, it's shanghaied, the verb, not Shanghai, the city. That's where the misunderstanding is.

I wonder how many people are trafficked in Shanghai these days tho.

And we're also free to discuss whether we want to continue using some language.