On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 13:47, Brian. W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 12:36, Jason van Zyl wrote: > > > So the ASF has actually received messages from Apache indians that are > > offended by the use of the name Apache? > > I don't know... take it up with the board. I do, however, know that > using Native American/American Indian names for just about anything is a > hotbed of controversy. > > I'm not going to go tit-for-tat with you about the Apache feather and > every other little detail of the ASF brand here--I don't have time for > that. I've voted -1 and said my piece here.
How about actually taking some time to find out if it's really offensive instead of just guessing? It's not like it's "Geronimo: the society of baby seal clubbers" or something nasty like that. It's a piece of free software that gives people some choice and it uses the name of a native indian hero. So some coke and twinkie consuming, pasty white programmer might actually learn something from looking up Geronimo. > -Fitz > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
