Yes x infinity. When I got that email I was part angry, embarrassed and repulsed.
"Fair play"? "Everyone can participate"? "bringing nations together in a spirit of community"? Come. on. I don't want to be seen as endorsing this as a mozillian. I just don't want. On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:30:37 PM UTC+1, Jean-Bernard Marcon wrote: > I don't see anything wrong in the Soccer World Cup campaign as a means for > Mozilla to reach a popular audience (and I made a modest contribution by > localizing some messages and stuff with pleasure), but I am very > uncomfortable at reading what I just received as every Mozillian): > > > > " The FIFA World Cup begins in two days. > > It is an event of major significance, not only because of its size but > > because of the values it embodies and how they resonate with our mission as > Mozillians. > > Just like Mozilla, soccer promotes healthy competition, encourages fair > > play and defends standards to level the playing field. It also creates an > inclusive space where everyone can participate and individuals are > > empowered to pursue their passion. Last, it is a global movement bringing > nations together in a spirit of community." > > > > I don't agree at all with this, and I wonder on which planet are living the > smart people of Mozilla marketing team who conceived it. Not only Brazilian > people are strongly reluctant to all this World Cup celebration for good > reasons, but the FIFA corrupted people are more like a mafia and far from > resonating with our mission as Mozillians. "healthy competition", "fair play" > and other positive values look to me sadly misplaced in this context. Yes > soccer may conevy interesting values as any other sport, but promoting *this* > sport event is very near to a faux-pas. > > > > I would suggest Mozilla just stops sending Mozillians this kind of mail and > please please don't use this kind of language in public communication about > Mozilla and the FIFA cup, it would be counterproductive. > > I support Mozilla, I certainly will not support FIFA world cup. _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
