Re: POLITICS <G>: Trolls!

Christian Thalmann writes:
 >
 > --- In conlang@y..., Stephen DeGrace <stevedegrace@Y...> wrote:
 >
 > > P.S.: How does using Navajo for encryption constitute
 > > "abuse", anyway?
 >
 > Well, it's not just the language, it's the *speakers* of
 > Navajo that were used, probably not all of them voluntarily.
 >

I'm not aware of any abuse, from what I've read of the subject (well,
a couple of code-talkers were briefly captured by Americans who
thought they were Japanese).  Any more information would be
interesting.

Incidentally, regardless of the treatment of the Navajo, I don't see
that it's particularly relevant to citizen Gunn's criticisms of
conlanging.  Navajo isn't a conlang*.  I'm not aware of any use of
conlangs as cyphers...  Okay, the IAL Romanico was originally
developed as a private language by a gang of shoplifters, but I'm not
aware of any use by political or military groups.

http://www.homunculus.com/babel/aromanico.html

*Unless someone knows something I don't.

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