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The linked project web site (https://free.oberon.org/en https://free.oberon.org/en) proudly features a video with a thumbnail showing a rendition of the USSR's
by lysace 4mo ago
The linked project web site (https://free.oberon.org/en https://free.oberon.org/en) proudly features a video with a thumbnail showing a rendition of the USSR's parliament, the so called Supreme Soviet, with some screenshots added in.
Extremely poor taste.
- eschaton 4mo ago> Extremely poor taste. How so?
- lysace 4mo agoThat's bait. Go find your history school books. Byebye.
- przemub 4mo agoSoviet imagery in countries that have been conquered by or subject to Soviet imperialism is seen extremely poorly. USSR loved its ethnic cleansing and purges, with several declared as genocide. Try, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tat... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Lentil_(Caucasus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Lentil_(Caucasus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Operation_of_the_NKVD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Operation_of_the_NKVD Soviet imagery has also been widely used by Russian propaganda in its current war against Ukraine, so it’s not only a historical matter.
- eschaton 4mo agoSure. But there are also a significant number of people who are nostalgic for it and might be offended by this use for that reason, hence why I asked. Given the existence of both groups I think just the claim that it’s offensive, without explaining why, is ambiguous and just reacting defensively doesn’t address that.
- tgv 4mo agoGiven all we know about the USSR, I don't think anyone needs to explain why. This plus your other comment suggest you're replying in bad faith.
- eschaton 4mo agoNope. I just evidently know people with more varied opinions on the USSR than you do. (Including people who grew up there.)
- jibal 4mo agoIndeed, that accusation of bad faith is such blatant projection ... essentially "It's bad faith to disagree with me, and there's no need for me to justify my claims." This whole diversion is off topic and can be seen as a form of bad faith.
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- monkeywork 4mo agoMore info please? I have severe doubts that GOG actually had that intent.
- shakna 4mo agoThis one [0]. Which German QA picked up and said 'no way', and so German customers didn't get the newsletter. But everyone else still did. [0] https://www.pcgamer.com/games/gog-apologizes-for-emailing-nazi-runes-to-its-followers/ https://www.pcgamer.com/games/gog-apologizes-for-emailing-na...
- monkeywork 4mo agoAnd that was a dog whistle to you ? you realize in order for it to be a dog whistle it would have had to been intentional with malice right? Honestly your attitude towards this is why the internet is so bloody toxic all the time now and simply not fun.
- shakna 4mo agoI provided no judgement. But, to actually provide it, I would call it a spectacular failure of cross-team communication. German QA flagged it as a problem. I haven't given attitude beyond providing a link to a story, when someone else said they hadn't heard anything.
- przemub 4mo agoWhataboutism is in poor taste.
- sph 4mo agoWhat’s that got to do with FreeOberon?
- shrubble 4mo agoI think some of the devs are Russian and a quick scan of the video doesn't show anything other than a shared screen for the bulk of the time (using the mouse to grab the time pointer and move it quickly through the length of the presentation).
- veqq 4mo agoPascal is quite common in Russia - many schools teach comp sci with it.
- nine_k 4mo agoI suppose it's just imagery from the heyday of Wirth's Oberon, ca 1987. BTW Oberon was / is not just a language, but a whole very interesting interactive computing environment.
- throwaway7356 4mo agoThey use Yandex for e-mail, so probably a Russian group behind this.
- thisislife2 4mo agoSo what? Russians are good programmers.