Re: Possible plan [Was: No Flags "Policy"]



On 2003-11-25(Tue) 17:09:25 -0800, Andy Tai wrote:
> For Chinese, a possibility is to use a Chinese
> character (say the word "middle") instead of flags in
> the icons.  That represents the Chinese language
> better than any flag.  

Yes, this is indeed another good alternative.

> This works for languages that use ideographs and thus
> not too well for European and Middle Eastern
> languages.

But nor do they need to care about such problems, so it won't hurt.

Abel

> 
>  
> --- Abel Cheung <deaddog deaddog org> wrote:
> > On 2003-11-26(Wed) 01:22:47 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > > Again, it's all or nothing. You can't take a few
> > "offensive" flags out and
> > > not expect to be flamed to high heaven by the
> > people who stand by those
> > > symbols. If there is to be a package of flags, it
> > should be *every* flag,
> > > and up to distributors / us as to whether they're
> > shipped or not.
> > 
> > Exactly. last time Taiwan people see the removal of
> > Taiwan flags as
> > downright discrimination of Taiwan. It's this
> > discrimination that people
> > dislike most, and I'm sure nobody wants to be
> > treated as so.
> > 
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