Point #2 does not belong on this forum. This is a forum for Lucene Java, not for political views. There are plenty of other places for that, so let's close this discussion off on this particular point and simply address the issue at hand with Lucene and LUCENE-1279.

Cheers,
Grant


On May 8, 2008, at 4:52 AM, Vizzini wrote:


Dear Steven

Thanks for reply. I've just checked the link and it was working. Anyway, you
are right, but my point is to use the correct term for main 3 reasons:

1. Respect the host language, i.e. English
3. Apparently the Islamic regime in Tehran is against the word ‘Persian’, and we as the free world have responsibility to fight them in any possible way – and in the meantime assist Iranians in their fight against the tyrant
Moslem clerics.

Kind Regards
PV



Steven A Rowe wrote:

Hi PV,

On 05/07/2008 at 2:54 AM, PV wrote:
Sorry for cross posting, but why the word 'Farsi' instead of
'Persian'? No one says Lucnce français or Español, or Deutsch - so why
Farsi?

Please read the following article, I found it quite enlightening.
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Languages/persian_not_farsi.htm

PV

I was unable to follow your link -- I get the message "The page cannot be
found" -- but Google's cache came to my rescue:

<http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:vJo1ye09MzYJ:www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Languages/persian_not_farsi.htm+persian+farsi+site:cais-soas.com&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a >

The article makes fine logical arguments against the use of "Farsi", but
clearly does not take a balanced point of view on the controversy.

I count myself among the ignorant - I had not realized that "Farsi" was a politically charged term. That said, I don't plan on refusing to use the term. I'll just think about the impact of the choice (now that I'm aware
there is one) before I do use it.

Thanks for the pointer.  Knowledge is good.

Steve

On 05/07/2008 at 2:54 AM, Vizzini wrote:

Sorry for cross posting, but why the word 'Farsi' instead of
'Persian'? No one says Lucnce français or Español, or Deutsch - so why
Farsi?

Please read the following article, I found it quite enlightening.
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Languages/persian_not_farsi.htm

PV

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