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From: Johan Myréen <jem@vistacom.fi>
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sunday, July 26, 1998 12:01 PM
Subject: Is the boot logo politically correct?
>
>I don't want to sound like a "Suit" or something, but is
>nobody else disturbed by the fact that the Linux boot logo
>penguin is holding a glass of beer in it's hand? I'm not
>trying to censor the logo as such, which I think is nice, but
>if Linux is aiming for "World Domination", then perhaps a more
>neutral logo should be chosen as the official logo that is
>an integral part of the kernel and that everybody sees at
>bootup? This message is not intended as a moral sermon on the
>dangers of alcohol (I drink beer myself), but as a reminder
>that not all cultures look that lightly on alcohol, at least
>not officially.
>
>I would guess the reaction of these people to the logo is
>about the same as how the average westener would react to an
>injection needle in the hand of the penguin...
>
>Johan Myreen
>jem@iki.fi
>
>
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