> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 05:52:58PM -0700, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > I hadn't seen anyone else bring this perspective up concerning the > > > wallpaper in the beta and I thought it deserved attention for your > > > consideration as a group. > > > > > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2009-March/msg00147.html > > > > > > "Seems to me whoever chose the background that was introduced last > > > week did not consider that items with overtones of dissentious > > > subjects such as politics or religion might elicit emotional > > > reactions. I'm concerned that when my system prominently shows a > > > picture with a temple, that might be interpreted as "Mikus > > > worships paganism" > > > > > > > > > To my reckoning this is the first Fedora artwork that has had > > > culture specific elements in it, so this sort of issue might > > > never have been raised in prior discussions. I don't know, I > > > mostly lurk. But I'm bringing it to your attention to make sure > > > you see that reaction. > > > > I totally agree. I can't believe I didn't even think about this. We > > need to stop the presses, immediately. Shut down all Fedora yum > > repo mirrors, we must stop distributing this artwork immediately. I > > cannot believe we let something like this out, something so > > divisive and controversial. I assure you it won't happen again. You > > see, Fedora really has a big problem on its hands here, and I will > > personally make it my responsibility to rectify the situation: > > > > First up - this Paul Frields guy - who puts a guy named "Paul" in > > charge of something? "Paul" is one of the apostles of that Jesus > > guy, right? A saint at least. We can't have that. No siree. We > > cannot have any possible reference to any organized religion in our > > utopian operating system's leadership. We need someone like me in > > charge of Fedora. Máirín - sure it's the Gaelic diminutive of Mary, > > who was the mother of Jesus, but it's got ACCENT MARKS. That > > totally makes it okay. Effective immediately, we have to revoke > > Fedora version control access to anyone with a name that has > > religious roots. We've got to nip this in the bud. > [snip] > > > > Stay safe! > > > I would like to take this moment to ask everyone to stop this thread > right here before it goes any more crazy/sarcastic/ballistic. Thanks! > I Agree! Seems to be a bit too exaggerated... _______________________________________________ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
