Re: Conlang flag design; comments and proposals

On Sep 5, 2004, at 1:31 AM, Doug Dee wrote:
> While the idea of using the Tower of Babel is interesting, I'm not
> sure it
> really works well.  The more Biblically-inclined might note that (a)
> the
> building of the tower is portrayed in the Bible as a sin, and (b) the
> proliferation
> of languages that follows is portrayed as a punishment.  So I'm not
> sure that
> we're on the right side of this metaphor, if you know what I mean.
I disagree - i think that, if we don't mind the biblical reference,
it's a good reference to have - from the standpoint of religions that
include the Babel story, what we're doing is fulfilling God's desires
for the human race.  To use Tolkienic terminology, the Creator wants
linguistic diversity and as Subcreators we are helping keep that dream
alive.


-Stephen (Steg)
  "it's 3am i must be lonely"