Re: [idn] Re: FYI: BOF on Internationalized Email Addresses (IEA)

Crispin,

You need to get out of US (or Wsshington) more often.

-James Seng

> I am not convinced that it is possible to use a computer on the Internet
> anywhere in the world without at least a basic acquaintance with Latin
> script.
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> I do not believe many individuals (other than primary school children) are
> literate in their native language but are completely illiterate in Latin
> script.  This does not mean "being able to read or write the English
> language"; rather, this simply means knowing the Latin script alphabet.
> 
> Put another way, individuals who are completely illiterate in Latin script
> are also likely to be illiterate in their native language script as well.
> 
> No other script on the planet has such international recognition.
> 
> There is undoubtably a *preference* for one's native script; and that
> preference should be respected as much as possible.
> 
> -- Mark --
> 
> http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
> Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
> Si vis pacem, para bellum.
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