Author: Nathan of Guardian Date: To: The Tails public development discussion list, intrigeri Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Renaming "Broken Window" to "Hole in the Roof"?
On April 8, 2014 5:59:33 AM EDT, intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote: >Hi,
>
>I've been annoyed for a while with our usage of the "Broken Window"
>terminology. It comes from a theory [1] that has is used as the basis
>for social control policies I'd rather not see our project
>associated with.
As someone who lived under Giuliani's iron grip (and "no dancing at bars"), I appreciate the gesture and thoughtfulness.
>
>Until now, I had no alternate wording to propose, so I could only shut
>up. But we've recently brainstormed this together with Jurre and u.,
>and we've come with what I believe is a pretty good alternative.
>Here we go:
>
>I hereby propose we move to the "Hole in the Roof" wording.
>
>In my view, it expresses exactly what we mean with "Broken Window":
>something that, if not fixed quickly, will degrade more or less
>quickly, and will make our life more and more painful. I also think
>the meaning is easily grasped from the wording, without needing any
>background in sociology or criminology, which sounds good.
>
>I've added this topic to tomorrow's meeting agenda, but I realize it's
>too late to make a proposal now and see it decided upon tomorrow, so
>I expect we'll only gather opinions tomorrow, and wait one more week
>before turning this into a decision.
>
>So, deadline = April 15.
>
>Thoughts, other proposals?
