This is a mailing list about Unity's design, please reign it in. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad < joerlend.schins...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24. feb. 2012 02:20, cmaglothin wrote: > >> >> He didn't say take them out of the market, I think he meant take them out >> of the suggested apps in the lenses. Or at least make it where non-PG apps >> are not placed in the suggestions of the lenses by default and have it be >> opt out. >> >> > I had never heard of PG before you mentioned it. I had to look it up on > Wikipedia. It's a USA thing, right? Like Mark Twain, Tolkien, Dostojevski, > etc? Too strong for the american public? > > I will tell you a few things about my perspective. I am under attack by > everyone. 30% of the population really hates USA in public. Most hate them > in private, but it's not considered politically correct to hate USA because > of the Marshall plan, so most don't. 40% of the population hates the arabic > world. Nobody hates Africa, of course. That would be politically incorrect. > We are the world, aren't we? I was born in 1980, which makes me a factor. > Nobody would ever want to mess with africa. That would kill any public > persons name. China? Everyone hates them, except for the products, of > course. They hate us and want to make us an new Cuba, but that works out > fine, because the reason they hate us is our belief in free speech. > > USA is beginning to look like Iran from a Norwegian perspective. > Unfortunately, the american fundamentalism is the least of our problems > these days. The level of fundamentalism in a country that claims to be > free, is staggering. You're punishing teachers for teaching the > connotations of the word nigger. Have you gone insane? It would be like > punishing a Norwegian teacher for teaching why nazism is bad. We don't do > that yet, because we haven't reached the level of insanity that the USA > has. We are certainly on our way, of course. We still have some pieces of > democracy and the freedom of speech. > > Let me put it in your own language, that comes to me without any kind of > involvement on my part. And you'll never find any kind of similar text on > the internet with my signature on it, the point being that it's quite > possible to know words without using them; > > Take your american bitch ass motherfucking for-death/pro-life hypocrisy > and get the fuck out of my internet. And don't let the door hit your fat > bigoted american ass on your motherfucking way out. > > Or otherwise, we might possibly get together and figure out how to make > the peoples of the world agree with your views on what's appropriate and > what's not. That would be a better solution, from my perspective. For > instance, in Norway, it is perfectly legal for me as a man to go into a > café with no shirt on, since I'm a man, but they're discussing whether or > not it should be legal for women to cover their hair. Isn't that beautiful? > What is your perspective on this with regards to the internet? But > obviously, I would be wrong. We might for instance discuss whether or not > Ubuntu should spread books that sell the notion of drinking human blood and > eating their flesh as a way to become more valuable. But few americans > would ever champion the idea that Ubuntu should forbid the bible. Would > they? > > Norwegians who went to America and made a fortune, are promoted as heroes. > Africans who come to Norway in order to make an honest buck, are considered > criminals. Trust me when I tell you that I am deeply and personally > offended by the fact that this is how the world works. I know the USA has > the same concept with Mexicans. > > I understand the difficulties. But I reject the notion that sexuality > should be the next victim of the righteous right to decide what's proper > and what is not. If you want to protest, then protest the promotion of the > bible or the qur'an or the tora. > > We could not possibly, under any circumstance, sensor naked humans for > young people without requiring some sort of registration. If you don't like > that, go make your own distro. In the meantime, perhaps parents should > teach their own children what to do and what now to do. > > I apologize for my anger on this one, but it just couldn't be helped. > > > -- > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > > > -- > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~unity-**design<https://launchpad.net/~unity-design> > Post to : > unity-design@lists.launchpad.**net<unity-design@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~unity-**design<https://launchpad.net/~unity-design> > More help : > https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >
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