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I mean... I guess it could mean that now, but that is certainly not what it meant originally or how it was ever used.
Oh, you speak Chinese?
Is "don't mess with Texas" Chinese?
I just said its a translation. Yes. From sun tzu I think. In england they translate it the other way I said here.
Except the actual phrase didn't originate from whatever Chinese saying you're talking about. It was an anti-littering campaign, from Texas, in the 1980s.
No, its from translating 'the art of war' into an american dialect. EPA just appropriated it.
You got evidence to back that up? Especially since the EPA had nothing to do with the ad campaign?
In the most Peggy Hill way possible.