Oh my goodness gracious. The rock star guy just didn't look right; it didn't fit the site. The guy who started this thread should try to read history a little more broadly, and the guy suggesting JQuery's use of rock star imagery means we're all hippies should loosen his tie.
Then, to rebel against the establishment, you should both take your keyboard and smash it against the ground until it is unusable. If you don't do this, you cannot use JQuery. -- Eric On Aug 31, 11:49 pm, "SOSensible GMail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, > > Regardless of the troll vs not troll take. Many people relate rock music with > rebellion and not with business. I asked on another thread if the image was a > social statement resting in the back of the success of a programming tool. I > find it distasteful myself, and the insensitive nature of the image and not > putting a better business image makes me wonder if the powers are serious > about building community or if this is to become a 60's hippie group where > technical advances are social political movements. Hey, it is election > year... but seriously 'dude'... do you have enough business sense to focus on > the good jQuery can do for the internet or would being 'tollerant' be > something you expect but don't offer in return to people who are sensitive to > this new image? Tolerance only works if it is offered publically in both > directions. > > It appears on the site that someone is thinking community rather than social > activism. (Now, if we are going to feed the poor, stop genocide or something > like that then social activism is great... but the best way to silence this > silly debate is to move on.) With that... thanks for moving the picture off > the site so we can all move on! THANKS a dozen times over. > > (another) John > > From: John Resig > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [jquery-dev] Re: jQuery Branding > > Awesome troll. *golf clap* > > --John > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 10:14 PM, xwisdom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > This is a little off topic but I have a few questions that I would > like the share with the dev team: > > I was kind of surprise to find out that jQuery's logo and now the > website is linked to rock music! Rock music is known for the most part > to be associated with devils, demons and sexual immoralities. If one > should research the history of they will see the truth behind a lot of > these rock groups and the purpose of their music. > > Can someone please explain the mindset behind linking jQuery to rock > music? Is it that everyone one the team is in agreement to the rock > music branding? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
