From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 12 18:10:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9608C1065676 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:10:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 836AD8FC1C for ; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:10:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8CIA7Ab079795 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:10:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8CIA7r3079788; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:10:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:10:07 GMT Message-Id: <200909121810.n8CIA7r3079788@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Wei-Chun Kao Cc: Subject: Re: conf/138672: ISO 3166 call Taiwan a wrong name, please call Taiwan "Taiwan" as before. X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Wei-Chun Kao List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:10:07 -0000 The following reply was made to PR conf/138672; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Wei-Chun Kao To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, linpct@gmail.com Cc: Subject: Re: conf/138672: ISO 3166 call Taiwan a wrong name, please call Taiwan "Taiwan" as before. Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:45:57 -0700 --Apple-Mail-1--407549783 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes I support changing it back to Taiwan for the following reasons. 1) As stated in PR6845, "The FreeBSD installation only wants to know where you approximately live". For that purpose, it is most useful to choose a synonym that is recognized by most people. If you search these two terms on the web, you will see that most of the people use "Taiwan" instead of "Taiwan, Province of China". ( ref. http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Taiwan&word2=Taiwan%2C+Province+of+China ) 2) The term "Taiwan, Province of China" is very offensive to people come from Taiwan. It is strange to blindly use a controversial term in standard just because it is a "standard" and ignore the feeling of the people that you are attaching that term to. In the end, I think people have the right to choose what their living place to be called. 3) Even in the US Law, people use the term "Taiwan" to refer to "Taiwan". (ref. http://www.ait.org.tw/en/about_ait/tra/ ) So it is very clear that Taiwan is a better choice because more people use it and less people are offended by it. Wei-Chun. --Apple-Mail-1--407549783 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii I support changing it back to = Taiwan for the following reasons.

1) As stated in = PR6845, "The FreeBSD installation only wants = to know where you approximately live".
For that purpose, = it is most useful to choose a synonym that is recognized by most = people.
If you search these two terms on the web, you = will see that most of the people use "Taiwan" = instead 
of "Taiwan, Province of = China".

2) The term = "Taiwan, Province of China" is very offensive to people come from = Taiwan.
It is strange to blindly use a controversial = term in standard just because it is a "standard" and = ignore 
the feeling of the people that you are = attaching that term to. In the end, I = think
people have the right to choose what their = living place to be called.

3) Even in the US Law, people use the term = "Taiwan" to refer to "Taiwan".

So it is very clear that Taiwan is a better = choice because more people use it and
less people are = offended by it. 


Wei-Chun.
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