Re: Rich countries logos in Unicode [was: we need Nazi logos!]

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>>> There are other logos in the standard: the JIS logo, for example

Rick McGowan:

>> Ah. One of the most horrible examples of a dingbat from a legacy
>> character set that couldn't be gotten around and which now comes
>> back to haunt everyone.

Scott Horne <shorne@metaphasetech.com>:

SH> Once again, the truth comes out: Japan gets its corporate and
SH> governmental logos because it's a wealthy country with established
SH> computer technology; others cannot have their logos because they
SH> were too poor or weak

I would like to formally request that the characters CIA LOGO DINGBAT,
CLINTON FAMILY CREST and COMBINING FAST-FOOD HAMBURGER ABOVE be
removed from the Unicode standard and ISO 10646.

                                        J.

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