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Subject: Re: [kde-promo] Napoleon
From: "Jos Poortvliet" <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date: 2007-08-21 11:01:22
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On 8/21/07, Alexander Neundorf <neundorf@kde.org> wrote:
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> On Friday 17 August 2007 11:33, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> ...
> > > If you think those people are crazy
> > > megalomaniac commanders, well.. I don't know what to tell you..
> >
> > Well all of the great Emporers conquered their neighbourhood countries
> > beyond the point where it was possible to guarantee the stability of the
> > borders for several years.
> > Still if you think about how many thousands or millions of people died
> > during the battles fought by all the (great) emperors just to move a
> border
> > on a map to an unstable status quo I think it was "crazy" and
> > "megalomaniac". And it doesn't matter to me which country any of those
> > Emporers came from.
>
> /me agrees.
> I don't think using the name of "crazy megalomaniac emperors" as names for
> applications is a good idea.
>
> Napoleon also "visited" Jena where I currently live (when I'm back in
> Germany)
> and his troops were also in Schleiz where I lived before.
>
> Alex
I'm sorry, but if a big company can get away with the name of one of the
most evil old-age emperors (NERO!!!) why can't we get away with Napoleon
'the little konqueror'?
I think it's entirely silly to expect anyone from a civilized country to
care about something which happened 200 years ago. I mean, come on, my
grandfather has been snagged from the netherlands and put to work in 'evil
germany' during WW-II, and 20 years later he happily went there for
holidays, searching for 'Zimmer Frei'. If he doesn't care (much) about what
happened 60 years ago, who would bother about stuff which happened so long
ago nobody still alive even knew someone who lived when it happened?
Let's not be overly sensitive please. Being politically correct doesn't do
anyone any good. Be honest - do YOU care that 200 years ago someone
conquered the area you live in now? What, should I resent romans because
they once conquered Europe? Who knows what happened in the eons before our
memory, what cavemen hit who... bleh.
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On 8/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alexander Neundorf</b> <<a \
href="mailto:neundorf@kde.org">neundorf@kde.org</a>> wrote:<div><span \
class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px \
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Friday \
17 August 2007 11:33, Torsten Rahn wrote:<br>...<br>> > If you think those \
people are crazy<br>> > megalomaniac commanders, well.. I don't know what \
to tell you..<br>><br>> Well all of the great Emporers conquered their \
neighbourhood countries <br>> beyond the point where it was possible to guarantee \
the stability of the<br>> borders for several years.<br>> Still if you think \
about how many thousands or millions of people died<br>> during the battles fought \
by all the (great) emperors just to move a border <br>> on a map to an unstable \
status quo I think it was "crazy" and<br>> "megalomaniac". And \
it doesn't matter to me which country any of those<br>> Emporers came \
from.<br><br>/me agrees.<br> I don't think using the name of "crazy \
megalomaniac emperors" as names for<br>applications is a good \
idea.<br><br>Napoleon also "visited" Jena where I currently live (when \
I'm back in Germany)<br> and his troops were also in Schleiz where I lived \
before.<br><br>Alex</blockquote><div><br>I'm sorry, but if a big company can get \
away with the name of one of the most evil old-age emperors (NERO!!!) why can't \
we get away with Napoleon 'the little konqueror'? <br><br>I think it's \
entirely silly to expect anyone from a civilized country to care about something \
which happened 200 years ago. I mean, come on, my grandfather has been snagged from \
the netherlands and put to work in 'evil germany' during WW-II, and 20 years \
later he happily went there for holidays, searching for 'Zimmer Frei'. If he \
doesn't care (much) about what happened 60 years ago, who would bother about \
stuff which happened so long ago nobody still alive even knew someone who lived when \
it happened? <br></div><br>Let's not be overly sensitive please. Being \
politically correct doesn't do anyone any good. Be honest - do YOU care that 200 \
years ago someone conquered the area you live in now? What, should I resent romans \
because they once conquered Europe? Who knows what happened in the eons before our \
memory, what cavemen hit who... bleh. <br></div>
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