[lojban] Re: livejournal discrimination

[Colin Wright <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Just a few brief comments about the capitalisation discussion.

I'm not a fluent lojban reader, writer, speaker or listener.  I am and have 
been for many years a strong lojban advocate, quietly telling people about 
it, getting the sporadic individual interested, occasionally even enthused.  
Not many, I admit, but I've tried.  I've even used it as a basis for some of 
the mathematics masterclasses I run.  I'm trying to plant the seed, even 
though I'm not good enough to give lessons and get things really rolling.

On that score, I'd appreciate contructive comments on this page:

    http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LojbanLanguage.html?LojbanList

Anyway, back to the capitalisation ...

I personally find lOkadin's text impossible to read. I'm sure he's right, and 
that if only I were a better lojbanist then I'd have no problem. Sadly I'm 
not, and knowing my limitations, I probably never will be.  In short, 
lOkadin's choice means I have great difficulty reading his text.

However, that's his choice.  If he wants to use a new style, the fact that I 
can't read it is probably irrelevant.  I'm not proficient, so perhaps I don't 
matter.  He's obviously more capable than I.


A similar comment applies to what Hugh wrote:

> cIlre is quite easy to read in many fonts.  If you've
> chosen one for your web browser in which it's not easy,
> well, it's hardly lOkadin's fault. 

Absolutely.  I've chosen a font in my web browser, and my email package, that 
makes the vast majority of my emails easy to read.  It's not lOkadin's fault 
that it makes his text hard to read, potentially ambiguous.  I merely state 
that such is the case.  It's his choice to use a new style that I, and 
apparently others, find difficult.


Finally:

On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 05:48:29PM -0500, Andrii (lOkadin) Zvorygin wrote:
> .ixudapema'acujIkcalamIkal.wAlas.poifIntila'o.py.
> http://coirodo.com.py.ipe'ima'anItcucUskulesedu'
> u.i'o.io.itrOcijmInalamIkal.ma'a.imikAkneku
> 'iminadjUnolovecUskufilamIkal.

Here lOkadin's style makes it impossible for my email package to locate the 
URL and turn it into a link for me.  I mention this for the sake of 
completeness.


So there's nothing to stop lOkadin from using "his" style, and I applaud his 
attempts to be fully lojbanic, and artistic at the same time.  I'd just like 
to make sure he knows he is excluding some people who might otherwise like to 
remain involved.


mi'e kolin.
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