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Subject: Re: Wasteful internationalization
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From: Markus E Leypold
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Markus E Leypold <development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de> writes:

> Bj�rn Persson <spam-away@nowhere.nil> writes:
>
>> Larry Kilgallen wrote:
>>
>>> And what client on my VMS system would display those characters on my
>>> VT102 (emulator) ?
>>
>> I don't know VMS. comp.os.vms might be a better place to ask about that.
>>
>>> It seems to me that people in newsgroups should stick to ASCII.
>>
>> So, you want the entire world to use the American Standard Code? I suppose
>> we should all drop our un-American, nonstandard languages and only speak
>> and write American Standard English, right? Maybe we should give up all
>> un-American, nonstandard culture and watch nothing but American Standard
>> Hollywood movies? Perhaps you also want all countries to join the Holy
>> American Empire and let the American Standard President reign for ever and
>> ever?
>
> Look, Bj�rn -- I think this wall uncalled for. _I_ remember times when

=> 'was uncalled for'.

> it was considered part of the netiquette to use only 7-Bit-ASCII,

etc. ...

- M