[Wolves] nazi fonts f*** off

[Jono Bacon]

Heya,

Maybe next they will remove the letters so people will
stop writing nasty things. ;)

This is stupid. I can understand people getting upset
if someone uses the swastika symbol to pump some
racist filth, but what about history scholors who
would find great use witht he symbol in writing about
the nazi's and their rise and fall from power. 

Whatever next...

  Jono

--- sparkes <sparkes at westmids.biz> wrote:
> couldn't resist the bad pun ;-)
> 
> MS have reportedly discovered swastikas in a font
> they have distributed
> with office.  Although I can't really see how a
> symbol used since
> ancient times can cause offence, I can understand
> that some people are
> offended by this and so can MS this is why they
> distributing a patch
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];833404
> that will
> remove the offending characters.
> 
> They also published an open letter from Steven
> Sinofsky
>
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/dec03/12-12FontLetter.asp
> with an unreserved apology.
> 
> want to know when they are going offer a patch for a
> problem my latest
> computers seem to suffer from.  Where is the patch
> the replace the
> letters XP?
> 
> sparkes
> 
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Jono Bacon - http://www.jonobacon.org/
Professional Writer / Web Developer / Musician

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