JTK wrote:
> You are exposing your ignorance of history my friend. Communism is Marxism
> bastardized into dictatorship. Nothing more.
>
>>>And you think it's OK for Mozilla to be associated with that.
>>>Jinkies.
Well, there's this restaurant in Hungary called Marxim. Its logo is a
five pointed star and it has all kinds of communist symbols mounted on
the wall. Even the menu is full of phrases reminiscent of the communist
era. They have excellent pizza, and people love the place. Nobody finds
the design offensive. Approaching serious matters with some irony can be
very powerful. Especially in design. It makes people think. When we use
a symbol we don't just associate it with one specific connotation. (The
history of the five pointed star did not begin with communism. check out
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/28/2825.html)But even if the Mozilla
star was a straight reference to communism it would still not make the
organization itself extreme left wing. :-) I don't think anybody
concludes that the pizzeria in question is run by communist
sympathizers. You just go there, laugh at the wording of the menu, laugh
at the Lenin posters, eat some damn good pizza, and feel ok.
