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Subject: Re: Call for opinions: KDE 2.0 mascot!
From: Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date: 1999-04-24 15:52:38
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On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Anthony Kimball wrote:
>
> In my opinion, this is a singularly BAD idea. For thousands of years,
> in Western culture, the dragon has been a symbol of pure evil
> incarnate. Tux, in contrast, does not represent evil incarnate.
The penguin is the messenger of the devil in the Mapuche culture. Ok, I
made that up ;-)
> Since you asked for postive comments, I suspect your sample will be
> skewed in favor of the proposed mascot. Moreover, I also expect that
> a much larger share of the current KDE user base will approve of the
> proposed mascot, as compared to the potential future user base. Thus,
> the use of this mascot can be expected to alienate the prospective
> user base. Certainly the direct affiliation of KDE with evil would
> preclude my own upgrade to future versions. As recent mass murders in
> the US have demonstrated, the use of evil symbolism is not a light
> matter, for it is a common precursor to evil action.
("\''/").__..-''"`-. . Roberto Alsina
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