I have written a draft for the Reporting Bugs guide

[Peter Matulis]

Let me offer some clarity and history on this symbol. In my previous post I
referred to it as the sauwastika. Note the alternate spelling. This is the
left-facing symbol that was never used by National Socialism. It is
pervasive in Buddhist iconography. It was the right-facing Hindu and
Jainism symbol was hijacked in the 1930s by the Nazi Party. Although I
agree that what's important is the meaning the average person will ascribe
to it, which evidently is Nazi Germany. With that, let's drop it and move
on.

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:46 PM, Thomas Ward <teward at trekweb.org> wrote:

> Alright guys let's all calm down and stop sniping at each other, I don't
> have to want to call for moderation of the list again.
>
> That said, I have my own concerns by using the swastika.  While the purest
> form of the swastika comes from non-Nazi religious symbols, we should avoid
> using it because of the way it was twisted during the late 30s and 40s.
> Keeping it in will cause debates such as these which already started here
> which should not be taking place.
>
> The rule of thumb in the world is "if it will potentially be seen as
> extremely offensive don't even go anywhere near there."  This is the rule
> which is being broken here.
>
> I have yet to review the draft due to time constraints but I feel that a
> majority of the community will agree with me on this one - the swastika is
> a "no go" so it should be pulled from any Ubuntu documentation, draft or
> not.
>
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
> *Sent from my iPhone.  Please excuse any typos, as they are likely to
> happen by accident.*
>
> > On Apr 26, 2017, at 20:15, Alvaro Effenberg0x0 Leal <
> effenberg0x0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Why did you make a video? Is this some sort of manifesto or something?
> Look
> > I won' t watch your video, this is not normal. Please write something or
> > not, but just please refrain from putting a nazi swastika on Ubuntu Wiki
> > and it's over ok? Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 4:51 PM Alberto Salvia Novella <
> > es20490446e at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Alvaro Leal:
> >>> I just wanted to say that I can' t believe someone is actually planning
> >> to
> >>> put a Nazi Swastika in the Ubuntu Wiki. Have you people lost your
> minds?
> >>
> >> My answer:
> >> https://youtu.be/aPhefCenly4
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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