On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:51:08PM +0000, Danny Angus wrote: > > is a north-american-centric emotion, probably not shared > > by the rest of the world, and in my mind discriminatory. > > Actually I'm proud to say I'm not and never have been an American of any > sort. > I'm not the least bit uneasy with any of the facts, I'm uneasy that we feel > that its OK to misapropriate the symbols and names of other cultures. > I'm a European, and not emotionally attached to this debate at all, except > in that I do care a lot about how the ASF is perceived outside our own four > walls and I believe that this name is far more likely to damage our image > than almost any other reasonable suggestion.
Well said. +1 -aaron