<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.2.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> Am Montag, den 18.10.2004, 04:36 -0500 schrieb Poldi: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> I really didn't want to add anything to this thread, but to avoid the impression that a majority of community member is opposed to this theme </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> ... My thoughts exactly after reading the huge discussion. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> - I like it. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> ... <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> - especially the login-screen shows people clothed like I see them on the street around here (in summer, that is. if I am at all angry about this it is because the screen reminds me of the nearing winter around here. I envy this guy...) </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> :) You could put me on THAT list as well... Now, seriously, after reading every mail still available in this thread I'd like to point out two observations: <BLOCKQUOTE> 1. I can hardly see somebody who actually is offended by the artwork. Most seem to state that there might be others who might be offended. There is even a term in my language which describes this kind of behaviour: 'vorauseilender Gehorsam', which is best translated as: 'premature obedience', no offence meant. Alas, I might not be able to understand those who state that they are indeed offended by the pictures, I am really sorry. But in some of the posts i read '...if they had some clothes on...': What are you think they are wearing? Toothpaste (sorry if that may sound offensive, but did you ever happen to be at your local beach during summer time? )? It still is a sad thing if a picture like this is perceived as sexual offending - maybe a statement of the photographer might be helpful. Nevertheless, I truly believed that the kind of social oppressive societies which in turn do produce a perception like this in its members wouldn't exist anymore, in our secularised societies at the very beginning of the 21st century. Sadly, it seems this belief was pretty naive. But there is one thing I'd like to remind everybody on this list of: If we always strive for the least common denominator, we will always gain just that, nothing more. "If you want to go to the moon, reach for the stars". The picture is a reminder of what is Linux all about: people, not a single person but humans doing something together. Because they like it. Because doing something for other people is satisfying. 2. I wonder why nobody did argue about one of the messages the pictures are telling. Cooperation instead of competition. Surely this could be perceived as an attack on the very 'holy grail' of current economics. Somebody up for the challenge? </BLOCKQUOTE> I look forward to the discussion today. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> kind regards, Carsten Hintz </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Regards, Karsten </BODY> </HTML>