<GRRRRR> On 17 May 2017 at 21:05, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Michael Everson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 17 May 2017, at 17:13, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Because SIL is at least sensible enough to have the policy to change > derogatory codes, while Congress Library is too white to be able to > comprehend that. > > > > You do not have any idea what you are talking about. > > Obviously. However, at least they understand that there are offensive > language names [1]. Although, thanks for the information, they are > also too white, as well, to recognize that there is a need to change > the code if it's been based on offensive name. > > > Melanin helps to protect us from UV radiation and to permit the > production of Vitamin D. > > > > I have explained to you MANY TIMES. Most of the ISO 639-2 codes were > made many years ago. No one was trying to insult anyone. No one was trying > to push an imperialist agenda. No one was looking at skin tone variation in > Chile. They were trying to tag data for libraries. Do you understand this? > > > > I have explained to you MANY TIMES as well that reluctance to change > codes on the part of the JAC has to do with a concern for stability in > encoding. > > > > I ave informed you that I have spoken to the JAC, and I have supplied to > you their response. They looked at this 5 years ago and were not minded at > that time to destabilize encoding. They also said they would consider an > application if one were submitted. > > > > You persist in arguing with ME about it and all I have done is explain > facts to you. > > You are still embarrassing yourself. Nobody told here that there are > bad intentions. (Just to remind you, Cold War ended ~30 years ago :P ) > I told you that you are perpetuating institutional racism [, filled > with absolutely good intentions]. > > If you want to understand what I am talking about, please start with > this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism > > [1] http://archive.ethnologue.com/16/ethno_docs/introduction.asp > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >
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