[free-sklyarov] boycottadobe.com logo
Andrew Lawrence
ausage at ausage.com
Sat Jul 21 20:30:50 PDT 2001
On July 21, 2001 06:14 pm, Michael Shafer wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> On Friday 20 July 2001 07:22 pm, mike castleman wrote:
> > I just wanted to comment on the modified Adobe logo on the
> > boycottadobe.com website. I'm not clear what the artist is trying to
> > communicate by inserting the Communist hammer/sickle in the Adobe
>
> I have to agree with Mike here. I just checked into the web site to
> take a look and likewise can see that the hammer/sickle (nicely done!
> :_) might well confuse the issue. I'm concerned that such symbols hold
> powerful meanings for many people and while the cognoscenti may smirk
> at the inference the unknowing may quickly tune out and surf away.
I haven't seen it said here so I'll say it. I like the logo. It certainly
likens Adobe to pre-prestoika (sp?) Russia, I believe that is very
appropriate here.
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