I like to introduce a totally different approach. IMHO it is best if a tutorial presents a silly, uninteresting project. The reader should be thinking about Scribus, not Hindu temples, Rembrandt, Sex, or any other distracting topic.
-EdK --- Louis Desjardins <louis_desjardins at mardigrafe.com> wrote: > Gregory Pittman a ???crit : > > > Louis Desjardins wrote: > > > >>On the content, do we agree some pics are > controversial, not text? > >>Please refer to my previous post to Maciej. > >> > > > > Well, we have the heading on the first page after > the title page: Make > > Khajuraho More Sexy. We talk about "the most > stunning and erotic > > sculptures" soon after. As I said to Maciej, it's > not so much saying > > this is flagrantly objectionable, but considering > where the "fertile" > > adolescent mind goes with this when the teacher > distributes this in class. > > > > I think you have to try to look at this from the > prospective of a > > teacher in an American high school trying to focus > on teaching > > DTP/layout, having to potentially answer to an > angry parent or the > > school board about the "pornographic materials" he > is using. (And how > > would a female teacher see this?) Something else > perhaps a bit > > controversial this year is a heading like > "Guerrilla Warfare For Gyaan" > > -- many in Mumbai would not see the humor or > cleverness in this. > > > > There are also some cultural things that I do not > understand, yet were I > > presume OK for the original purpose. Software can > be "muft and mukt". We > > have the "Seven Steps to Software Samadhi" (check > samadhi on Wikipedia), > > and at least several of these seven steps do not > seem to be talking > > about the Linux we know today. > > > > So we end up saying to the teacher, "Well, use the > tutorial for > > yourself, then make your own using your own > materials." If that were so > > easy, many of us might have done the same already. > > > > In the end, what I'm saying is that we don't need > to censor ourselves > > and destroy this tutorial (or label it For Mature > Audiences Only), but > > we can in addition create a more broadly palatable > one. > > Yes. You've got very good points. I didn't remember > all those titles. > And actually, if I didn't, it must be because they > did not hurt or > strike me. Of course, one can be sensitive to the > "fertile adolescent > mind" ... > > Really, I still think it is manageable but I am no > expert and as I said, > let's look at the long term effect... I realize the > issue is a bit > further important than just re-cropping a few pics > and editing a title. > To that point, let's leave this document like it is > and let's make > another one, like you say. That was version 1. > Version 2 will be > different. I have no problem with this approach. > > One thing I would mention is the fact that we have > concentrated our > sight on what was "wrong" (in a general way) in that > document, taking > good care of more sensitive souls and this is all > right. This is some > kind of "active listening" and it always proves to > be a good thing to > do. At the same time, let's concentrate on what we > like in this > document. Niyam's content was all aimed towards the > idea of "Freedom". > This, I think, could (should, whatever!) drive us in > our choice for > something else. "Free minds" are not difficult to > find in History. > Rembrandt was certainly a "free minded person" (I > hope!) What I liked > also was the total different culture from the > Occidentals... This is > also a big part of Open Source. Sharing, showing > other things and other > ways of looking at things. I might sound a bit > serious here but I am > writing this with serenity! :) And this doesn't mean > I am behind > Rembrandt! :) > > In the end, the content must meet the container like > it did in version 1. > > I am sure Christoph has interesting to mention about > Rembrandt that will > support this! :) > > Thanks, Greg, for this wide angle overview! > > Louis > > > > Greg > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > Ed Keith http://www.freecherrypy.org/edk __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
