On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Benjamin Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is not really the correct list (this list is about the > art.gnome.org website). Replying also to gnome-themes-list which should > be more appropriate. Sorry. And Thanks for redirecting it. > On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 14:42 +0700, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan wrote: >> Some ideas have been proposed for the alternative logo: >> - gnome head >> - gnome hat >> - flower >> >> (The OK hand sign is out, as it's considered offensive in Latin >> America.) > > I did not follow the discussion on gnome-i18n, but could you explain > further? Is the Foot logo considered offensive in Latin America? No. I suppose countries in South East Asia, and probably South Asia as well, have this issue. But only Thailand and Lao have confirmed this so far. And Nepal is said to have this issue as well, according to Wikipedia. >From my understanding, this issue may have its root from traditional Hinduism, which was spread to South East Asia from India along with Buddhism centuries ago. So, although it has little relation to Buddhism, we just interit it as a side-effect. Traditional Arabs are also said to have this issue, but all are from Wikipedia and reports from foreigners who have Turkish friends, while an Iranian (Behdad) said it's not an issue for his culture. Probably this does not apply to new generations. Confirmations of non-issue I've got so far are Mongolian, Chinese, Malay, and western cultures like Dutch. Due to limited information, and not to make it too specific to some regions, I tried to make it as generic as possible. So, as the OK hand sign has been reported offensiveness, I just avoid using it. > I wonder whether it would be good enough to figure out where the foot is > not acceptable, and then create a secondary logo that is fine in all of > these regions. > > For example the International Red Cross has accepted multiple logos and > the different countries just use the one that is more appropriate for > them. For Thailand in particular, all above choices are OK. And I have got no objection from the discussion so far. Regards, -- Theppitak Karoonboonyanan http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ _______________________________________________ gnome-themes-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-themes-list
