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Louisiana's new "Ten Commandments" law actually contains eleven commandments (boingboing.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] AeonFelis 52 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The text of the Ten Commandments ... shall be printed in a large, easily readable font.

Comic Sans it is.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No ... Wingdings.

[–] AeonFelis 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How is Wingdings "easily readable"?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

How about Arabic? Or Chinese, simplified Chinese is read by like a billion people, so clearly easily readable, it even has simplified in the name!

[–] AeonFelis 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't work. The law clearly specifies the exact text, and it's in English.

[–] Krzd 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can you write English with Chinese characters?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People certainly try with Cyrillic. And kanji?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Cyrillic seems really difficult with all the vowel shifts, English doesn't even make sense in its own alphabet. Something like "Ай эм де лорд, дай год." then?

[–] bamfic 4 points 5 months ago

Er, hebrew?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

It is easily readable wingdings. It doesn't say it has to be easily understood or interpreted.