(Sorry folks, I am sending this again. There is typo in the end that changes my idea. Please skip my previous post and keep this one. ? Louis)
Gregory Pittman a ?crit : > Louis Desjardins wrote: > >>On the content, do we agree some pics are controversial, not text? >>Please refer to my previous post to Maciej. >> > > Well, we have the heading on the first page after the title page: Make > Khajuraho More Sexy. We talk about "the most stunning and erotic > sculptures" soon after. As I said to Maciej, it's not so much saying > this is flagrantly objectionable, but considering where the "fertile" > adolescent mind goes with this when the teacher distributes this in class. > > I think you have to try to look at this from the prospective of a > teacher in an American high school trying to focus on teaching > DTP/layout, having to potentially answer to an angry parent or the > school board about the "pornographic materials" he is using. (And how > would a female teacher see this?) Something else perhaps a bit > controversial this year is a heading like "Guerrilla Warfare For Gyaan" > -- many in Mumbai would not see the humor or cleverness in this. > > There are also some cultural things that I do not understand, yet were I > presume OK for the original purpose. Software can be "muft and mukt". We > have the "Seven Steps to Software Samadhi" (check samadhi on Wikipedia), > and at least several of these seven steps do not seem to be talking > about the Linux we know today. > > So we end up saying to the teacher, "Well, use the tutorial for > yourself, then make your own using your own materials." If that were so > easy, many of us might have done the same already. > > In the end, what I'm saying is that we don't need to censor ourselves > and destroy this tutorial (or label it For Mature Audiences Only), but > we can in addition create a more broadly palatable one. Yes. You've got very good points. I didn't remember all those titles. And actually, if I didn't, it must be because they did not hurt or strike me. Of course, one can be sensitive to the "fertile adolescent mind" ... Really, I still think it is manageable but I am no expert and as I said, let's look at the long term effect... I realize the issue is a bit further important than just re-cropping a few pics and editing a title. To that point, let's leave this document like it is and let's make another one, like you say. That was version 1. Version 2 will be different. I have no problem with this approach. One thing I would mention is the fact that we have concentrated our sight on what was "wrong" (in a general way) in that document, taking good care of more sensitive souls and this is all right. This is some kind of "active listening" and it always proves to be a good thing to do. At the same time, let's concentrate on what we like in this document. Niyam's content was all aimed towards the idea of "Freedom". This, I think, could (should, whatever!) drive us in our choice for something else. "Free minds" are not difficult to find in History. Rembrandt was certainly a "free minded person" (I hope!) What I liked also was the total different culture from the Occidentals... This is also a big part of Open Source. Sharing, showing other things and other ways of looking at things. I might sound a bit serious here but I am writing this with serenity! :) And this doesn't mean I am *not* behind Rembrandt! :) In the end, the content must meet the container like it did in version 1. I am sure Christoph has interesting to mention about Rembrandt that will support this! :) Thanks, Greg, for this wide angle overview! Louis > > Greg
