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Re: Which auxlangs? (was Re: I won't start a flame war)

From:Charles <catty@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 9, 1999, 2:52
Don Blaheta wrote:

> > The point is that it is too political an issue to decide that way. > > Is there any better way to decide it?
Yes, avoid it entirely, or include about 6 of them including Occidental. Please do *NOT* choose 3, that is the worst thing you could do.
> Having seen Jay's post of it, I'd be perfectly happy with that as our > romance auxlang on the T-shirt---it's perfect, because it's fairly > representative of its genre, *and* it's designed by a list member to > boot. :)
Why have any other auxlang? You just keep asking for trouble. Auxlangs will save the world, but only after they kill each other!?!
> > I really do not want Interlingua advertised at the expense of > > Occidental. Nor Esperanto. But if Glosa and OCC and Ido can be > > included, I think that's all the living auxlangs worth worrying about. > > I understand not liking Esperanto, but the fact remains that it would > be probably the #1 most recognisable thing on the t-shirt, absent any > natlangs (and as I said, I think it's a good idea for the natlangs to > be absent). What's your beef with having Eo on the shirt, anyway?
My beef is that you ought not to be judging auxlangs. Nor should anyone. It is a sensitive issue, leading to arguments here, as we have just proven.