On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 05:52:58PM -0700, Máirín Duffy wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Jeff Spaleta <jspal...@gmail.com> > > > > I hadn't seen anyone else bring this perspective up concerning the > > wallpaper in the beta and I thought it deserved attention for your > > consideration as a group. > > > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2009-March/msg00147.html > > > > "Seems to me whoever chose the background that was introduced last > > week did not consider that items with overtones of dissentious > > subjects such as politics or religion might elicit emotional > > reactions. I'm concerned that when my system prominently shows a > > picture with a temple, that might be interpreted as "Mikus worships > > paganism" > > > > > > To my reckoning this is the first Fedora artwork that has had culture > > specific elements in it, so this sort of issue might never have been > > raised in prior discussions. I don't know, I mostly lurk. But I'm > > bringing it to your attention to make sure you see that reaction. > > I totally agree. I can't believe I didn't even think about this. We need to > stop the presses, immediately. Shut down all Fedora yum repo mirrors, we must > stop distributing this artwork immediately. I cannot believe we let something > like this out, something so divisive and controversial. I assure you it won't > happen again. You see, Fedora really has a big problem on its hands here, and > I will personally make it my responsibility to rectify the situation: > > First up - this Paul Frields guy - who puts a guy named "Paul" in charge of > something? "Paul" is one of the apostles of that Jesus guy, right? A saint at > least. We can't have that. No siree. We cannot have any possible reference to > any organized religion in our utopian operating system's leadership. We need > someone like me in charge of Fedora. Máirín - sure it's the Gaelic diminutive > of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, but it's got ACCENT MARKS. That totally > makes it okay. Effective immediately, we have to revoke Fedora version > control access to anyone with a name that has religious roots. We've got to > nip this in the bud. [snip] > > Stay safe! > I would like to take this moment to ask everyone to stop this thread right here before it goes any more crazy/sarcastic/ballistic. Thanks!
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