Your statement wasn't offensive, and I didn't take it as such. (Email is a particularly clumsy medium for conveying tone, so it is easy to misinterpret what someone says.)<br><br>I think the reason that John raised it, and that I followed in that vein, is that visual representation is a key factor in our deliberations. We do have exceptions to the LMN rule, and those exceptions are based on whether (a) the character is needed -- in common usage in words, and (b) whether inclusion causes "harm".<br>
<br>The only demonstrated harm for non-ASCII characters in IDNA is where there there is visual confusion, so that's why it comes up as a criterion in this case.<br><br clear="all">Mark<br>
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On 8 apr 2009, at 22.16, Patrik Fältström wrote:<br>
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On 8 apr 2009, at 00.41, Paul Hoffman wrote:<br>
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So we are now back to choosing characters based on visual confusion? How the heck did we get here?<br>
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Because Mark started using visual representation.<br>
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I have been bashed privately (again) because of this statement, and I am told I should have written "Because John brought it up, so you should have hit on John and not Mark".<br>
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If that is the interpretation people have, I misunderstood the first email from John, and apologize.<br>
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The rest of my message still stands, and this comment from me was irrelevant, but to be honest, I think also the question was as irrelevant and I just want to explain that my reaction was based on the fact the question was asked.<br>
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Once again, specifically to Mark, my apologies.<br>
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Regards, Patrik<br>
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