> On Sep 21, 2015, at 2:12 AM, Jussi Rasku <jussi.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Monday, September 21, 2015 at 1:52:28 AM UTC+3, Neil Van Dyke wrote: >> Matthias Felleisen wrote on 09/20/2015 05:46 PM: >>> Can we please stay away from politics and leaning on politics? >>> I am sure everyone has different connotations with these kinds >>> of symbols. >> >> More seriously, I do like the PLT/Racket logos, and I like this poster >> from Finland. >> >> Regarding the poster, I previously assumed that the Shepard Fairey Obama >> poster stylization has long since been genericized in most people's >> minds. However, non-US people, *when they want to appeal to broad US >> audiences*, should be aware that large percentages of people in the US >> react very negatively to references to certain politicians and political >> issues. > > Thank you Matthias for raising this concern and Neil for your insightful > reply. As Neil suspected, political motivations or connotations never > occurred to me as I'm a Finn and I see the Obama poster more like a pop-art > than political statement (a google image search of "obama poster" brings out > a lot of influenced works, and if some have political motivations, I'm > completely oblivious to them). > > Therefore, it seems, that the poster might have use for non-US audiences, but > perhaps it is a good idea not to put it in the Racket Github wiki. > > BR, > Jussi
Dear Jussi, don’t get me wrong. I very much appreciate your effort, and I understand the allure of pop art. I also understand that posters such as this move from politics to art .. but it bothers me to see Che Guevara (a notorious killer), the Soviet star (ignoring Stalin’s ~35 million victims), Mao (uncountable and worse) honored in this indirect way. No Obama doesn’t belong to this class of ruthless killers, but I’d prefer it if PLT separated itself from all politics. Of course, nothing prevents you from putting up this poster at a public place and pointing to PLT and Racket and our web sites. As long as it is associated with you and distinctly says this art is your tribute to our creations, I won’t object. Sorry — Matthias -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
