Hi,
have been lurking for some time and would like to contribute my 2p from the UK's point of view.
* Pim van Riezen (pi@vuurwerk.nl) wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, David Westlund wrote:
The flag it not the best symbol for Europe.
It's only that people think of the Union first when they see the flag - but that's true with the name "Europe" too.
Yes. Exactly. And here in Sweden, 50% of the people accosiates the flag with something they don't like. The same goes for Norway.
If Sweden and Norway associate "Europe" with "European Union" with "The Downfall of All that is Good", then no matter what logo you choose, they will associate EUFSF with "Europe" and hence the rest. As a European organization, we are associated with Europe. If people don't like that, they need to freshen up their minds about their continent as well as their software licenses.
Though you might be right about the narrow minds living in certain European countries I think it doesn't help to alienate them straight away.
My own oppinion is against a unified European state. Looking at the past human history there was not a single state formed on such a cultural basis that has survived. All of them ended in wars.
Though this point being off-topic it leads to my point about the UK and the prevailing anti-European climate. A country that has got a civil war and two other parts trying to be independent as well, it will not be easy to convince them of just another artificial construct.
Anyway, everything European will meet a lot of hostility in the UK. Guess that's my point. Sorry for waffling on.
Regards, REB