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List:       ubuntu-users
Subject:    Women in Burkas
From:       daniel.stone () canonical ! com (Daniel Stone)
Date:       2004-10-16 3:31:26
Message-ID: 20041016033126.GE6735 () fooishbar ! org
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 12:14:30PM -0500, Greg Graham wrote:
> I think a lot of people would find that picture offensive also. There
> are a wide range of moral views in the world, and someone attempting
> to interact on a world-wide scope needs to understand that and act
> accordingly.

Some people would believe that the women in that picture were being
oppressed, and be quite upset at that.  Just as people are upset today
about the current crop of pictures.

> Ubuntu is free to put whatever pictures they want on their system.
> People who don't like it are free to choose something else. If Ubuntu
> is not interested in providing a product to those people, then there's
> no problem. If they do want a wider use of their distribution, they
> should listen to the comments.

My personal belief is that the Ubuntu logo is quite staggeringly
inoffensive, and we had a pretty good set of artwork which didn't upset
anyone before the change, and that's the artwork I would personally like
to see in the default release (speaking for myself, not Canonical).

-- 
Daniel Stone                                        <daniel.stone at canonical.com>
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