Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Mittwoch 04 November 2009, Erik wrote: > >> Stroller skrev: >> >>> On 4 Nov 2009, at 13:22, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> >>>> ... >>>> There are four options here, first day of week, first working day of >>>> week, last working day of week and day of the week for religious >>>> observance. It would appear your locale uses a different translation! >>>> >>> I am torn as whether to find this funny or improper. >>> >>> Only when I know what it's supposed to say I really like the joke that >>> both are equally important. Why indeed give religious observance a >>> higher priority?!?! >>> >> I have encountered arguments like this: >> "Yes, there's a setting for that in the country/region settings module >> but if you're not interested in it, it won't bother you. If you are, you >> can have kontact or the calendar plasmoid show those days as special. >> That's it. Sounds unproblematic to me." >> >> >> My point is of course that in my desktop environment, I do not want an >> option for either strip club attendance, religious observance, or >> anything else that someone else might want to do once a week. >> >> I would prefer to keep the desktop environment neutral (secular) by >> default. If there is indeed a need for such an option to make sundays >> red in the calendar, it would be more proper to call it sometning more >> neutral, like "Weekly holiday", "Ceremonial weekday" or "Special >> weekday". The user can then let that mean lap dance, prayer, family >> dinner, hiking, hacking or whatever he may be interested in. >> >> Yes, I know that "holiday" sounds like "holy day", but it still feels >> broader than "relious observance". According to wikipedia, a holiday can >> mean among other things "official or unofficial observances of >> religious, national, or cultural significance". So the phrase "Weekly >> holiday" covers the current meaning of the KDE option, but is meaningful >> even to secular people. Therefore changing the phrase would make KDE >> usage more acceptable in secular countries and by secular people. >> >> > > sounds like PC crap. > > Sundays are marked special, because most people don't have to work. Shops are > closed and stuff like that. > > There is no need to bring in religion. > > >
We think alike here. I was thinking PC crap as I read that, maybe not crap but anyway. We got ESP or something? Dale :-) :-)
