Bug#526613: wiki.debian.org: offensive icon
On Sat, 02 May 2009, Simon Raven wrote:
> I don't see why a stereotype of us should be used to represent
> community. I'm sure non-Indigenous people have communities too, and
> have a sense of community, why should we be made an example in such
> a negative way?
I'm not quite sure why an icon of a tipi used in the manner it is used
would be considered a negative stereotype of the peoples of the Great
Plains, especially as no claim is made regarding the nature of the
community behind those pages.
Don Armstrong
--
Personally, I think my choice in the mostest-superlative-computer wars
has to be the HP-48 series of calculators. They'll run almost
anything. And if they can't, while I'll just plug a Linux box into
the serial port and load up the HP-48 VT-100 emulator.
-- Jeff Dege, jdege@winternet.com
http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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