Piranha note (Re: Guernsey Jersey and Isle of Man ISO 3166-1 Codes)

[Harald Alvestrand]

Since you ask....

When it comes to debating the correctness (or not) of the principles 
underlying ISO's choices in building its standards, I think it's safe to 
declare that the thread has wandered off the purposes of the list.

              Harald Piranha Alvestrand



John Cowan wrote:

>Marion Gunn scripsit:
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>>Yes, Luc, it is off-topic for most lists today -
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>Only the Piranha brothers, Harry and Mike, are authorized to declare
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>>sadly, I speak as one who [...] felt she
>>had to take a stand against basing ISO 693-3 on the religously-based
>>Ethnologue list and ISO 639-2 on the politically-based Library of
>>Congres list [...].
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>These slurs are absurd, and even if they were not, what alternatives are
>there, actually extant and in use today?  It isn't helpful to bemoan
>the limitations of de facto and de jure standards unless you have something
>else to propose.  Better to spend the energy on fixing actual, specific
>problems.
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