[Freedombox-discuss] Promoting Freedom Box

[J David Eisenberg]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Nicolás Reynolds <fauno at kiwwwi.com.ar> wrote:
> El 28/02/11 10:32, Matt Joyce dijo:
>> Beats the german eagle though.  =P  Can we stop the america bashing plz.
>
> wasn't intending to start a flame way :)
>
> i think the gnu in a box looks good, and also the idea of regionalizing
> freedomness symbols.

Well, <fill-in-the-blank> bashing is fun to a point :)

So, to get back to the topic: I think that "breaking chains" is a
fairly universal symbol of freedom not tied to any particular country
or political agenda. How you work that in with a plug-in box I don't
know, but that's why I didn't major in art.

>
>> 2011/2/28 Nicolás Reynolds <fauno at kiwwwi.com.ar>
>>
>> > El 28/02/11 10:56, Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson dijo:
>> > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:06 AM, J David Eisenberg <
>> > > jdavid.eisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:22 PM,
>> > > > <webmaster at valdostawebmaster.com> wrote:
>> > > > > Someone mentioned promoting the project  - maybe directing
>> > > > > regular
>> > users
>> > > > > (non technical) to a site that explains what we are tying to do
>> > > > > and
>> > some
>> > > > > of the articles that have been written.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > To that end I created a small 125 x 125 png that we could use to
>> > > > > help drive some traffic and hopefully get some more people
>> > > > > interested in
>> > the
>> > > > > project.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Al Dunbar
>> > > >
>> > > > I like the text a lot. The image works nicely for the United
>> > > > States; outside the US, I'm not sure if it would make the instant
>> > > > connection..
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > In fact, in countries where the U.S. is seen less as an agent of
>> > > freedom
>> > and
>> > > more as an agent of military interference and domination, the
>> > > Americans' favorite bird-of-prey might not necessarily give people
>> > > warm fuzzies.
>> > >
>> > > Quite the opposite, eagles are pretty scary!
>> >
>> > I second this, the "american" eagle is a symbol of imperialism rather
>> > than freedom.
>
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