The best you can possibly achieve is a high degree of compatibility. "Think globally? Or act locally? There are many different aspects to the pinyin debate, including the question of internal logic and consistency, but in the public mind the entire argument has been simplified into a choice between international communication and preservation of local culture.
而這次拼音爭議中，雖然也針對拼音系統應具有的內部邏輯性與一致性做學理上的討論，但引起輿論與社會關注的主要原因，是在於這兩套系統被簡化為國際化與本土化兩造的差別，到後來，甚至被化約為統獨標籤。