Re: Inappropriate changes to front page text [Was: Re:

I'm voting for Happy Festivus!  Sensitivity be damned!


On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 22:47 -0500, Emily Boyd wrote:
> Joshua,
>
> > It is also not offensive to say Merry Christmas to someone, even if they
> > don't celebrate it.
> > If you take offense to it... well then get a life. It is not about
> > pushing and ideal or
> > a religious process onto anyone. It is depending on your belief:
> >
> > 1. A celebration of Christ in which you are expressing your happiness.
> > You don't have to agree with it.
> > You should be happy for the person who has the belief.
>
> Having *The PostgreSQL Global Development Group* saying "Merry
> Christmas" to the international PostgreSQL community may be interpreted
> as culturally insensitive, as it implies that the *entire* PostgreSQL
> Global Development Group has this particular belief (which from a quick
> glance at the locations and backgrounds of developers, seems unlikely),
> and that *everyone* in the PostgreSQL community celebrates Christmas.
> Sure, maybe only a minority will be offended, but is it worth the risk
> with such a diverse, international community?
>
> There's an easy fix for this: change it to "Happy Holidays" and remove
> the references to Christmas. Google uses this phrasing, as do many
> organisations who don't want to risk offending anyone. While it may be
> simple to fix, the issue is that the content seems to have been written
> with little consideration of its implications.
>
> Regards,
> Emily
>
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