The choice of the word "renounced" led to much debate regarding the political status of Taiwan. It now serves as the starting point for Lin, amid the claims made by the unification and independence camps, to call for a "return to historical reality."
此一只有「放棄」的說法，為日後台灣的主權定位埋下爭論的伏筆，也是林滿紅努力在統獨對立之間，呼籲雙方人馬「回歸史實」的立論切入點。