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A flag day for Fedora's flagsA flag day for Fedora's flagsPosted May 19, 2009 14:50 UTC (Tue) by Wol (guest, #4433)In reply to: A flag day for Fedora's flags by foom Parent article: A flag day for Fedora's flags
Nothern Cyprus ...
I'm not quite sure when the Turks invaded, but ...
AIUI pretty much ALL the people who now live there are either immigrants from Turkey, or were born, after the invasion, to immigrants.
The region has been pretty much ethnically cleansed of true Cypriots, Greek and Turkish alike. The place is run FOR immigrants BY immigrants. And that is why most Cypriots (INCLUDING Turkish Cypriots) would object.
The same is true of large chunks of the West Bank. And if you go back in history you will find that, sadly, this is common. Even in my own neck of the woods you find that history has been rewritten to hide this fact - the original IRA was largely *Protestant*, it was Northern Ireland that was the hotbed of revolt against the English Crown, etc etc. You'll see similar incongruities in Scotland and Wales - the majority of "Welshmen" are cornish, most "Scots" are Picts, etc etc.
Cheers,
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A flag day for Fedora's flags Posted May 26, 2009 18:53 UTC (Tue) by jmorris42 (subscriber, #2203) [Link]
> And that is why most Cypriots (INCLUDING Turkish Cypriots) would object.
To which the only sane answer is to say, "So?" In the end there are only two choices available and one way leads to madness.
Option one: Free Software adopts a policy of simply reflecting the reality on the ground and never allows a precedent for exceptions to become established. What flag is currently flying over the territory where the set of localization options apply and what do the inhabitants call the place? Show that. Tell any who object that it isn't our problem, that if they object to that particular flag flying over that area to go settle it in meatspace by diplomatic or military means and that should they be successful we will change the software to reflect the changed reality.
Option two: Get into huge flamefests, legal battles, etc. and bring every conflict in the world into our development process. And don't be deluded that just removing flags will solve anything. Removing the flag for Israel or Taiwan and leaving the name will only encourage the intolerant to continue their political cleansing until the name itself is removed, because it isn't the image of the flag that offends them, it is the recognition that the hated foe exists they object to and there isn't a technical solution to that problem.
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