Chocobo_greens wrote: >, but I fail to see why I should even consider the > >>ghosts some excile Nepalese see, whos only contribution to this group or >>the project has been trolling. He isn't only seeing ghosts at broad >>dayligh - he's hallusinating. >> > >really depends on what you call trolling. if disagreeing with you is >trolling, pls killfile me along with everone else who does not agreee >with you. No one is forcing you to consider my opinon.. one of the nice >things about freedom wouldnt you say. > >in addition, i am not alone in my opposition to the mozilla logo. i am >just one who is saying what he thinks.. there are others posting heer who >agree with me. > >seriously, i know that you cant please everyone .. everything will offend >someone, but there are images that will blatantly offend a large segement >of the population.. usually there are politically and ideologically >divisive images, the confederate flag, Nazi swastika, hammer and sicke, >star, american flag <or any flag>, etc. > >I just beleive that they shouldnt be used like that. it just goes to >hurt the open source software ingenreal. >I can just see MS using mozilla as an example. > People need to realize that sometimes a star is just a star. If there is any sort of communist insinuation, it does have a correct basis, as open source software is very much a community effort - or communal, or communist... not in the sense of the former government of the USSR, China, or any other country that claims to be communist, it's a group of people working towards a common goal, to build the most kick-ass software in the world... by the people, for the people.
Relating a style of art to a communist, facist, or dictatorial regime is childish, and closeminded - while the regime may favour the art style, the art style is not representative of the regime. The star has been a common symbol of greatness for a very, very long time - the fact that communist regimes adopted it to make themselves appear great doesn't make it a communist symbol. If it WAS a communist symbol, it wouldn't adorn the Hollywood walk of fame, billions of student essays and tests (every capitalist at one point fought to have a gold, silver, red, or green star on their school work) and millions of other articles as a symbol of excellence. Don't give the regimes you're fighting to avoid association with the power of association with such a wonderful symbol - take it for what is is, and teach people what it really stands for :) Patrick Patrick
