non-US keyboards

[Randall R Schulz]

Hi,

I guess based on your email address that you're in Italy, so probably 
you don't know that "KKK" has a very, very bad connotation in the 
United States where many of the Cygwin subscribers reside.

KKK is short for the Ku Klux Klan, a violently racist vigilante group 
that originated in the American South. It formed after our Civil War 
when American chattel slavery became unconstitutional and its members 
terrorized black Americans (and others) for decades. The organization 
still exists, sadly, and still perpetrates violent acts, though far 
fewer than it did in the early and mid 20th century.

The name KKK is extremely offensive to many people, most of all to 
black Americans, but many non-black people find it offensive, too.

I'd like to respectfully suggest that you change the name portion of 
your email address to something will a less distasteful connotation.

Sincerely,

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 18:58 2003-02-21, kkk wrote:
>yeah i'm very very newbie but... i won't a keyboard for my language!