On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 13:11, Jason van Zyl wrote: > 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?
Look, why won't you just take my word for it when I say "In the United States of America, using names Native Indian/Native American > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
