I agree with keeping the gateway metaphor. Maybe something like a tunnel or bridge. I think Gino had mentioned offline using a Roman archway, maybe we could use an aquaduct since data "flows" through toree. https://www.google.com/search?q=aqueduct&espv=2&biw=1916&bih=1103&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq6rLi_5HPAhXGaD4KHZsjBbUQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=au4rX0Sha0ZvVM%3A
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:41 PM Gino Bustelo <[email protected]> wrote: > Tami, > > I really appreciate you bringing this up to our attention. I think here or > a Toree Jira is a good place to have this conversation. Corey and I have > talked about alternatives. > > I think the main goal is to retain the metaphor of Toree being a "Gateway" > to Spark. > > Thanks, > Gino > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:53 AM Tami Takamiya <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > This is my first post to this mailing list. I am a natural language > > processing developer and have lots of excitement on Toree/Spark, but this > > post is not for technical discussions. This is on the "Torii" symbol > used > > for this project. > > > > I believe the Toree project should not use the "Torii" ( > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii) symbol for the following two > reasons: > > > > 1. It is a religious symbol ( > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_symbol) in Japan. > > 2. It can be considered as offensive because it can remind people of > > "State Shinto" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Shinto), which > > Imperial Japan had ideologically used. > > > > 2 is the more delicate issue. As a Japanese, I understand the difference > > between State Shinto and traditional Shinto ( > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto) and do not think the use of Torii > > symbol is always offensive, but there is no reason to take such a risk. > > And it is a religious symbol to many Japanese anyway and I believe it > > should not be used for anything that is irrelevant to Shinto. > > > > Personally I think the name of the project "Toree" itself would be OK > > because it has a different spelling from "Torii". At first, I thought it > > was named from "Tory" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory). > > > > I would like to hear opinions on this from Toree developement community. > > Thank you. > > > > Tami (Masaaki) Takamiya > > > > >
