Re: Summary/Minutes from today's FESCo Meeting (2014-03-05)

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On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 03:50:37PM +0100, drago01 wrote:
>> For instance we named a release "beefy miracle" and that might have
>> been offensive for some people (ex. in India)., but
>> apparently no one cared enough to "officially" complain.
>
> Additionally, there is a fundamental difference here. The problem isn't that
> someone might be offended -- people might be (and are) offended by anything.
> The problem is that the logo refers to a marginalized race of people using
> stereotyped imagery. While many people do not eat beef and hold cows sacred,
> the beefy miracle logo does not make any reference to those people. If it
> did, it too would have been a problem.

I don't think this difference matters in practice for those people.
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