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Hi there, |
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Other devs and me have been worried about the use of Nazi symbols on |
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forums.gentoo.org [1]. While some find it specially a problem because |
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of German laws (which it seems make illegal to visit webs with such |
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symbols), I'm more worried because these symbols, as well as others |
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related to recent dictatorships or "hate-promoting" movements, are |
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offending for a good amount of people in the community. |
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The offending nature of Nazi symbols, and their total irrelevance in a |
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distro community makes me wonder "why the hell should we have this on |
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our communication channels?". |
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The fact that political and religious discussions are also irrelevant |
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in this context makes me wonder also "why the hell should we keep any |
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of this potentially offending and flame-maker?" |
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Gentoo is a community made of people of all around the world, with |
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different cultures and political views, and we have to work together. |
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So why don't put the politics aside and continue the work respecting |
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each other? The Internet is plenty of forums where people can flame |
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about politics or create a Nazi alter-ego and offend each other, |
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Gentoo should not be a place for this purpose. |
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Thoughts? Isn't there anyone else willing to keep Nazi symbols outside |
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forums? If yes, at the expense of punting all politics or just as a |
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special case? |
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Regards, |
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PS.1 - An apology for forum mods because the avatar I've been using |
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may offend them, my purpose was to raise awareness of the issue of |
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using extremely offending content on the forums. While I think my |
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avatar is valid, I prefer to calm things down and try to work out the |
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issue with forum mods without attacking. I decided to remove the |
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avatar. |
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PS.2- Before someone says Godwin, this is not using Nazis in a |
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discussion about something else, this is directly a discussion about |
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Nazi symbols. |
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[1] http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-480537.html |
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Santiago M. Mola |
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Jabber ID: cooldwind@×××××.com |
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