moral imperative (was Re: Some reading on IRIs and IDNs)

[Petite Abeille]

> On Dec 12, 2020, at 00:43, Sean Conner <sean at conman.org> wrote:
> 
> There's a reason why UTF-8 was selected as the default character set for
> text/gemini, and one of those is to allow other people than English speakers
> a means of expressing themsevles [1].  I don't think it's entirely
> unreasonable to expect such a person to use Unicode for both domain name and
> filenames [2]

Yes. agree. People should be able to express themselves in the most idiomatic -and frictionless- way they see fit. 

It's a moral imperative -and duty- for Gemini to make it so.

The year is 2020, no more easy and lazy excuses. This is not a technical choice, but a moral one. 

Timely article in The Economist:

Accent discrimination betrays a small mind
https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/12/12/accent-discrimination-betrays-a-small-mind

History will judge you: be one the right side.

Do the right thing Solderpunk.