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Microsoft Succumbs to Political Correctness--censors own font libraries.
Microsoft Knowleg Base::Windows Update ^
Posted on 02/11/2004 11:23:21 AM PST by VulgarWit
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posted on
02/11/2004 11:23:24 AM PST
by
VulgarWit
To: VulgarWit
Maybe they are the Nazi like symbols.
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posted on
02/11/2004 11:27:31 AM PST
by
microgood
(Gollum.....Middle Earth's first lawyer.)
To: microgood
Ya think?
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posted on
02/11/2004 11:29:16 AM PST
by
Bogey78O
(Why are we even having this debate?)
To: microgood
That would be silly...
To: microgood
Quite possibly it could be the swastikas--or the Star of David even. Of course the swastika--as we know the symbol-- had meaning and significance long before it was co-opted by the Nazis and there is an obvious use for a font with that character or variations of it to be used by historians, theologians, etc. So nope.. I'm sticking by the article--it's gotta be the heart or the dollar-sign.
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posted on
02/11/2004 11:33:04 AM PST
by
VulgarWit
(There's little common about sense.)
To: VulgarWit
Did you come up with this one yourself, or did you lift it from the Onion? Either way, it's a funny one.
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posted on
02/11/2004 11:41:27 AM PST
by
drjimmy
To: VulgarWit
Or maybe it's the Chinese symbol that says "John Kerry is our *itch."
To: VulgarWit
I think you're kidding, but the 2nd character on the 6th row is the legitimate swaztika. The 14th character on the 5th row is the Nazi swaztika (the "crooked cross"). Notice how it's on an angle, subverting the "grounded" symbolism of the ancient swaztika. And its also on the same row as the Star of David.
The "critical" patch is silly, but I do think Microsoft is reasonable to purge the symbol. But are they purging the whole table? Some of those symbols are important.
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posted on
02/11/2004 11:43:15 AM PST
by
dangus
To: dangus
In other news, MICROSOFT ENCARTA is being rereleased so as to delete an article about Levrenti Beria, recently declared to be out of favor by the Praesedium of the Supreme Soviet. In its place, an expanded article on the Bering Strait will replace it.
To: dangus
I've seen the hakenkreuz in Korea. It is often a mirror image of the Nazi version (at an angle, but reversed). It is/was a good luck symbol and is used in decoration on buildings (even bus stops).
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posted on
02/11/2004 11:50:56 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: IYAS9YAS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakenkreuz
Here's a link that explains it further.
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posted on
02/11/2004 11:53:27 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: dangus
I MIGHT be kidding.../sarcasm
The patch removes then entire library-- Your comment actually illustrates my point. How useful is it to have the "grounded" symbol and the nazified version both available to illustrate the differences between them.
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posted on
02/11/2004 11:54:19 AM PST
by
VulgarWit
(There's little common about sense.)
To: IYAS9YAS
It was also an American Indian symbol.
To: Ronly Bonly Jones
In other news, MICROSOFT ENCARTA is being rereleased so as to delete an article about Levrenti Beria, recently declared to be out of favor by the Praesedium of the Supreme Soviet. In its place, an expanded article on the Bering Strait will replace it.You wouldn't happen to be a history geek, would you? :o)
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posted on
02/11/2004 12:08:53 PM PST
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: dangus
I think you're kidding, but the 2nd character on the 6th row is the legitimate swaztika. The 14th character on the 5th row is the Nazi swaztika (the "crooked cross"). Notice how it's on an angle, subverting the "grounded" symbolism of the ancient swaztika. Actually those are both 'Nazi' style swastikas. The Buddhist version is reversed and points the other direction.
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posted on
02/11/2004 12:10:00 PM PST
by
killjoy
To: VulgarWit
The people at MoveOn.org are "deeply saddened". They wont be able to use the swastikas as bullets for their dem talking points.
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posted on
02/11/2004 12:15:07 PM PST
by
rikkir
(I thought of a great tag line today...)
To: killjoy
Actually, according the article link posted by IYAS9YAS above the Nazi's didn't seem to discrimate between clockwise and counter-clockwise swastikas. Thought the "14th character on the 5th row" is more common they both appear on authentic Nazi parephenalia. The 45 degree angle appears significant but a tilted version also appears outside naziism. so it would appear that the only way to tell a nazi swastika from any other (authoritativley) would be by the context in which it is used.
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posted on
02/11/2004 12:16:18 PM PST
by
VulgarWit
(There's little common about sense.)
To: VulgarWit
I think that the Arabic symbol sets should be removed as they are offensive to me.
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posted on
02/11/2004 12:22:28 PM PST
by
NCjim
To: rikkir
I'll just bet they are... How else are they supposed to hi-light the manufactured "fascism" they try to label the President with... Did Musolini's boys have a useful symbol the dems can use in place of the swastika?
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posted on
02/11/2004 12:22:33 PM PST
by
VulgarWit
(There's little common about sense.)
To: VulgarWit
The 45 degree angle appears significant but a tilted version also appears outside naziism. so it would appear that the only way to tell a nazi swastika from any other (authoritativley) would be by the context in which it is used. Point taken. The only ones I have seen on temples in Asia, where they are very common, have been non-tilted versions. Regardless, it is a symbol from history and should be included in a symbol font. Wacky liberals....
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posted on
02/11/2004 12:24:10 PM PST
by
killjoy
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