Brian Z Jones wrote:
> Jacek Piskozub wrote:
>
>> jesus X wrote:
>>
>>> Jacek Piskozub wrote:
[about the red star]
>>> yes, but that symbol was appropriated by the Communist governments,
[...]
>> For me using this symbol is as offensive as using the Nazi swastika.
>> Remeber that swastika was an old solar symbol appropriated by the
>> Nazis. Does that make it possible to use it now in good faith? I
>> believe not.
> The Christians killed plenty of people during the Crusades, but the
> Cross is not seen as an "evil" symbol.
Does anyone propose cross as the Mozilla symbol? I don't think so. You
went off-topic here. And anyway, it would not be a proper symbol, but
because using it this way it would offend some Christans, not some
non-Christians.
Anyway, comparing the crusades to the totalitarist mass murders is in a
very bad taste (especially as a lot of people who remember the actual
atrocities are still alive). Every country has some aggresive wars in
their history and we do not loathe their national symbols because of
that. But swastila and red star are symbols so loathed in the actual
countries they were the symbols of - because of the immense scale of the
crimes commited - that they are no longer used there.
You should really see the total disbelief on the faces of people I
showed the Mozilla about: screen in Poland to understand why it needs
changing :-(
Jacek
