From: Jon Hanna (jon@hackcraft.net)
Date: Mon May 16 2005 - 03:07:09 CDT
> This is *almost* an example of an odd dynamic in the
> fast-moving technological
> environment we live and work in that I observed a while back on GKD:
> Person 1: Wouldn't it be great if...? or Why don't we...?
> Person 2: You can't do that. or That's not realistic. Reason
> 1, reason 2, etc.
> Person 3: Say, so&so is doing this already in such&such place.
>
> In this case the context is admittedly different but it's
> still along the same
> lines: Thesis, antithesis, and already been done.
More argument, counter argument. And here's further argument:
Use of a script does not preclude the borrowing of characters from other
scripts, nor the use of any symbol. As such there is no character that
cannot be used in a piece of text in Latn.
> > Wouldn't you say that (Everson notwithstanding),
> courtesy demands more
> > than
> > a 1-word dismissal?
Given that I was replying to Jefsey Morfin and this is hence almost
certainly intended to be a carefully laid trap that will enable him to
either:
1. Go "Ah Ha!" and show that the Unicode consortium is in violation of some
bizarre concept he has of French law and doing this as part of an evil
attempt to subjugate the world's non-English speaking peoples for nefarious
ends but for his Messiah-like arrival to the battlefield.
2. Go "Ah Ha!" and show that the proposed IETF use of ISO 15924 is in
violation of some bizarre concept he has of French law and doing this as
part of an evil attempt to subjugate the world's non-English speaking
peoples for nefarious ends but for his Messiah-like arrival to the
battlefield. (His talk of "default script" makes me suspect this latter).
I for one am sick of his playing La Pucelle d'Orleans and have no qualms
about being discourteous.
Regards,
Jon Hanna
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