Re: hitler's flag
- From: Sebastian Heinlein <liste pimpzkru de>
- Cc: desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: hitler's flag
- Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 09:59:05 +0100
Am So, den 07.12.2003 schrieb Erick Woods um 08:29:
> You're right - it is not a GNOME issue and should not be on this list.
> Again. A quick browse of the archives would reveal an extensive discussion
> on this topic as recent as 2003-12-4. Sebastian should have read the
> archives.
> AFAIK they are not distributed with GNOME at
> this point, so this should be the end of the discussion on this list, imo.
I've done so but I could not find a final thought on this topic.
> Strongly seconded. If the people of free countries are forced to abide by
> the ridiculous laws of every Socialist/Communist/dictatorial country,
> nothing will ever happen.
You are perhaps not familiar with the German history or state of
society. So it would be wisely not to denigrate other political and
legal conceptions.
> Too much time has already been wasted discussing
> the German flag and the Taiwanese flag because of overly sensitive peoples.
> If people don't like them, remove them and get over it. Judge the software,
> not an easily removed image.
Flags are in no way just images. The nature of the flag is a political
one. And the use of a flag is always a statement. So you could say that
software should not be put in a political context by including political
symbols.
Regards,
Sebastian
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