Re: [Tuxpaint-stamps] Stamp reorganization

[Albert C. <aca...@gm...>]

On 11/13/05, Jeremie ZIMMERMANN <jz...@to...> wrote:

> even the most fond of guns and war and whatever may admit that guns are
> not intended to be used by kids. i think it would be as shocking to see
> bottles of beer, joints, syringes, or why not girls with big boobs or
> whatever?

Kids face syringes ALL THE TIME, even if the don't live in crummy
neighborhoods. We certainly could use a syringe. Hint: doctor.

None of the above is widely interesting for kids though. Kids just
don't generally care about beer, joints, and boobs. You don't see
the toy store selling toy beer bottles, but you sure do see the toy
store selling toy guns. GI Joe still sells well.

> the debate isn't about the role of the military, or patriotism, or
> colonisation war or anything else. it's just about what values are
> _internationally_ to be transmitted to kids.

To keep things international and all, you're way off. Just about
every home in Switzerland has a government-issue military
rifle. (a so-called "assault rifle") Similar weapons are very common
in Israel as well.

One could argue that the AK-47 is more international I suppose.
I certainly wouldn't mind having one. The kids would love it.

Put the kids first.

It's heartbreaking to see political correctness taking something
away from kids. Shall we also remove all religeous symbols?

How about this: we mark all possibly-disturbing stamps with
an "interesting" keyword. We add a --pc option to hide them.