[Wolves] nazi fonts f*** off

[david]

Hard drives no longer allowed to be referred to as master and slave in certain parts of california.

This is for real.

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 07:12:42 -0800 (PST)
Jono Bacon <jonobacon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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