Re: WHEELCHAIR (was Revised N2586R)

From: Karljürgen Feuerherm (cuneiform@rogers.com)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 14:48:07 EDT

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    WHEELCHAIR SYMBOL at least has the virtue of being descriptive of the symbol
    rather than of the use and thus potentially more neutral all the way around.

    K
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Michael Everson" <everson@evertype.com>
    To: <unicode@unicode.org>
    Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:13 PM
    Subject: Re: Revised N2586R

    > At 12:09 -0500 2003-06-26, Peter_Constable@sil.org wrote:
    >
    > >The only meaning that the Standard implies is that the character encoded
    > >at codepoint x represents they symbol of a wheelchair. It does not imply
    > >*anything* about how its usage in juxtaposition with the name of a person
    > >should be interpreted.
    >
    > Indeed William's argument that "HANDICAPPED" is somehow inappropriate
    > just doesn't wash. In Europe at least, many handicapped people
    > consider it far more polite to be called handicapped or behindert or
    > what have you than to be subject to such politically "correct"
    > monstrosities as "differently abled".
    >
    > Which is not to say that the Name Police won't prefer WHEELCHAIR
    > SYMBOL. Time will tell.
    > --
    > Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
    >
    >



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