lol, I'm an Indian and I've no idea what are you talking about. On Wed, Sep 2, 2015, 18:05 Serge Wagner <[email protected]> wrote:
> PS: do not misunderstand me : > You are doing a great job :) (although > > And this "nazi" feeling - it's probably simply coming from the circular > turning of a shape consisting of 2s (without glasses) > > I have probably about 15-20 years more than you - i noticed it as i said > yesterday > > And controlling with 4 persons (my mother , her friend and 3 friend of > mine - 3 as said had that strange feeling that something is wrong ... i > cannot explain it differently > > An of course the sign of Swastika - you also find it in the greek , in the > roman - even in the persian , indian - and jewish ciulture > > I wanted to post this comment for following reason: > the old gnome logo was simply neat > > This here could lead - even only by a small (older) kind of users - to > this interpretation - (mostly in Europe) > > Do you remember the discussion about the clockwise - or counter-clockwise > turning of the please-wait-bubble in ubuntu - was it unbuntu 11 .04 or so ? > > If i remember well it were indian users that told the devels that a > counter-clock turning poing would bring ba luck (or something like that, > can't remember exactly) > > Serge > > On Wednesday, 2 September 2015, Patrik Bubák <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi and thank you for the feedback. >> >> I am the author of the new logo for Ubuntu GNOME and your observation is >> quite surprising, because that is something none of us would ever think >> about and we had a look at the logo from many angles many times. >> >> Even now when I look at it I see absolutely no reference to neither the >> Swastika - that argument I find absurd the least - nor anything that would >> relate it in any way to the war crimes of Nazi Germany. >> >> I am short sighted, wearing glasses for many years, but I don't see >> anything of what you see and even though I'm born in '83 and am perhaps >> more aware of history than most of my generation I simply cannot make the >> connections you are describing here. >> >> My point is, everyone has a different perspective on things and it's >> humanly impossible to indulge everyone's request. Perhaps some people from >> your generation might perceive it that way but generations to come might >> not see not even with a slight hint of what you're seeing in it. >> >> *When you ask someone from your generation what do they see it in >> mentioning to them what you see they will of course agree, because **they >> will be inclined to see the same**.* >> >> Also, it's humanly impossible for a designer to keep track of absolutely >> every symbol ever invented in human history. That just cannot be done, as >> new symbols emerge practically every day, it's as simple as that, drawing >> lines on a canvas. >> >> There are thousands of symbols, so I apologize if we cannot indulge >> everyone, but we really cannot. Nobody can. >> >> On Wed, 2015-09-02 at 12:38 +0200, Serge Wagner wrote: >> >> First of all - compliments to all the work that has been done the last >> time >> >> >> i A lot of work as been passed on small details >> >> >> JUST one thinhg - tat i really do not think, that it will pass well >> >> >> the new gnome logo or the sign for running applications >> >> >> Want to try to explain why: I am born in 1967 - so far aftr the 2nd world >> war >> >> With 48 what begins to get bad are the eyes - without reading glasses >> sharpness is only a dream ;) >> >> Last time when i came back to my computer - without my reading glasses >> and i saw the new logo in the middle of the standby screen - i thougt - >> now they have chosen a swastika (Hakenkreuz) as logo! >> >> >> >> OK on second view you see of course that it is not THAT logo >> >> >> I was wondering i was the only one that did this interpretation of the >> logo >> >> I asked now 5 other people - from 40 to 76 - 3 persons - all >> wearingreading glasses - all without glasses on their nose were thinking >> immediately to the nazi-sign .... >> >> >> >> Although i admire the work of the artist - i am sure he (or she) did not >> think about the visible interpretation the moment you forgot you >> spectacles >> >> >> cheers >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent using Evolution <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/> from Ubuntu >> <http://ubuntu.com/desktop> >> >> Nothing ruins creativity like too many voices weighing in. We call it the >> *Ice >> Cream Principle*. Tell 10 people to go get ice cream with one condition: >> they all have to agree on one flavour. That flavour is going to be >> chocolate or vanilla every time. Groups of people don't agree on what's >> cool or interesting, they agree on what's easy to agree on. >> > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnome-artwork > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnome-artwork > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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