Nathan of Guardian: > > > On April 8, 2014 5:59:33 AM EDT, intrigeri <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've been annoyed for a while with our usage of the "Broken Window" >> terminology. It comes from a theory [1] that has is used as the basis >> for social control policies I'd rather not see our project >> associated with. > > As someone who lived under Giuliani's iron grip (and "no dancing at bars"), I > appreciate the gesture and thoughtfulness.
I love this quote from Wikipedia: « Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it's unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside. » >> Until now, I had no alternate wording to propose, so I could only shut >> up. But we've recently brainstormed this together with Jurre and u., >> and we've come with what I believe is a pretty good alternative. >> Here we go: >> >> I hereby propose we move to the "Hole in the Roof" wording. Fine with me. >> In my view, it expresses exactly what we mean with "Broken Window": >> something that, if not fixed quickly, will degrade more or less >> quickly, and will make our life more and more painful. I also think >> the meaning is easily grasped from the wording, without needing any >> background in sociology or criminology, which sounds good. >> >> I've added this topic to tomorrow's meeting agenda, but I realize it's >> too late to make a proposal now and see it decided upon tomorrow, so >> I expect we'll only gather opinions tomorrow, and wait one more week >> before turning this into a decision. >> >> So, deadline = April 15. >> >> Thoughts, other proposals? > > Flat Tire > Flesh Wound > Cracked Tooth > Leaky Spacesuit > Zombie Bite I must say I love all of those as well! Let’s choose one tonight at the meeting: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-March/005267.html -- sajolida
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