Re: Adding RAINBOW FLAG to Unicode

From: Richard Cook <rscook_at_wenlin.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:42:32 -0700

> On Jun 30, 2015, at 9:11 AM, Garth Wallace <gwalla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> I don't think display of U+1F308 as a rainbow flag would be expected behavior. It risks turning a text like "It's a beautiful day! " into a political statement.

Garth,

Any statement can be a political statement, in the right context. But I think the main point of my earlier comment was that the specific glyph for U+1F308 might be indistinguishable from a flag. For example, this is the glyph in iOS 8:

Not a cloud in the sky.

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