Mandela video should be restored in Lucid

Bug #531316 reported by Guiodic (Guido Iodice)
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example-content (Ubuntu)
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Nominated for Lucid by Guiodic (Guido Iodice)

Bug Description

Binary package hint: example-content

In Jaunty there was a Mandela video in Examples folder. The video explains the meaning of "Ubuntu" in African culture.

It should be right/nice/useful to restore it in Lucid because:

* South Africa will host next Fifa Championship. All mass media talk about South Africa in these months.
* There is a big revival of Melson Mandela, i.e. the "Invictus" movie.
* USA elected a black president, so black people and racial themes are very discussed.
* the video explains the name of the OS. "Ubuntu" isn't a widely known word.
* "Madiba" is very cool ;)

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pota (fermopermanutenzione) wrote :

the bug affects me too:

(sorry for my English)
until ubuntu hardy, among the examples given to verify the compatibility of the distro, there was a video in which Nelson Mandela, the figure itself is memorable and virtuous from the standpoint of human history that would explain the philosophy of ubuntu ..
not intended as a detailed and comprehensive presentation of our beloved operating system but rather of moral philosophy which takes its name and, like it or not, somehow seems to reflect the spirit of cooperation that characterizes this great community ..
Why remove that video? Why replace it with a much discounted as aseptic even more "professional" or "sober" ..?
empty the distro because of all that's behind it is noble and just reduce it to an alternative to commercial products ..?
That video could possibly be noticed by the increasing number of users who look innocently into this world regardless of all that's behind it, including the passion and belief in certain principles that have motivated some people without whom this would not be possible ..
maybe someone could have thought transcending utilitarian-looking ..
the face of the era dell'idividualismo and opportunism to advance certain projects, just because they were born within a certain noble principles make the distro in question cover a respectable regardless of purely technical level ..
Why replace something that does its job very well and even more?

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alekseevic (pezzini-paolo) wrote :

I want it back, too.

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Tizianub (tizianub) wrote :

the bug affects me too

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Guiodic (Guido Iodice) (guido-iodice) wrote :

any news?

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Maria Teresa Romiti (mtromiti) wrote :

The bug affects me too

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Cosimo Candita (cosimocandita) wrote :

The bug affects me too

Changed in example-content (Ubuntu):
status: New → Opinion
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