Comment 16 for bug 77289

I absolutely agree.

----- Original Message ----
From: Tina Russell <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 6:55:46 PM
Subject: [Bug 77289] Re: revive ubuntu-calendar

Regarding Twig's suggestion: I could totally do that! I live in
glorious, glorious Portland, Oregon a.k.a. Best Town Ever, so I could
take pictures of our Portlandia statue, our town square, and our block
of isolated, cubic Awesomium (atomic number 1337). But I guess what I
meant is that I'd like to see a return of the naked people. Those pics
were super beautiful and I'd like to do anything I can to convince the
people who used to do those to do them again, because they were so
great, they made my head explode. But, obviously, anything we can do in
that spirit is great, too. I'd love to see the naked people return but
any kind of monthly calendar, featuring the human figure or not, would
be great. I guess I'm saying, "remember the naked people!" even though
something like that wouldn't have to be the "main" monthly desktop.

I want to say where I'm coming from: I do life drawing, so the sight of
naked people doesn't really shock me anymore. I just saw the old ubuntu-
calendar package and the pictures were so beautiful and contained so
much positive energy that I want to do absolutely anything I can to get
those going again. So, as we discuss a new monthly calendar, which is a
great idea, I just want to say, remember me and the naked people lobby.
Some people liked those! I know some conservative communities wouldn't
like them, but that's merely why they should be tucked away in the
package manager and not the default option. Ubuntu is meant to be for
all cultures, and we're under no obligation to censor ourselves for the
most restrictive community's standards (think about it, should we make
sure that women have their hair always covered up in Ubuntu art so as
not to offend communities were that is taboo?). When I saw that early
Ubuntu art recognized that respect for human beings includes a basic
reverence for the human body, I was so happy I wanted to cry. So, I will
move heaven and earth and whether any storm of controversy to bring
those back again.

What can I say? Art makes me crazy, and I love people.

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