Amiga boing logo is -cool or not- ?

[Cyberus]

(I mean gay in the pejorative sense, I'm not trying to propagate homophobia)

Does anyone else think this, that its a really naff logo?

[Cyberus]

well okay, okay. I didn't realise you held the logo so close to your heart!

Perhaps without tone of voice and other indicators its difficult to convey when you mean something in a light-hearted way. Or is it only in my part of the world where such things as jocular expressions exist? Do YOU ever pull anyone's leg, or is life so depressingly serious in your world?

What I said wasn't intended as flamebait. I honestly thought someone might share that opinion.

The responses it generated would have me thinking I'd just insulted a religion, or a nation or something!! I think Amigamad was the only one who replied in a non-aggressive way...

OK, here's a rephrasing for you:
"In my humble opinion, I find the Amiga 'boing' logo far from aesthetically pleasing.  Does anyone else in this forum share this opinion, or should I fall on my sword for thinking such disloyal thoughts?"

[Cyberus]

To further clarify what was meant as an innocent question...

I think in my mind the logo is kind of kitsch, perhaps not looking out of place in the hands of a clown. This is an opinion of mine. Perhaps one which I should not share. I am sorry if this might offend you in any way. Perhaps there are other issues - whether social, political, philosophical in which our opinions coincide.

Sharing a moment, a thought, an opinion is indeed a great feeling. We are fundamentally alone from the moment we enter this world. We try vainly to assuage this loneliness by social cohesion, based upon many different aspects of our lives. There are times when people do not share our opinions, and it can be frustrating, upsetting and annoying. However, these trivial opinions, of which I am a great fount, will matter for nothing when we are dead, and  a pile of dumb ashes or a maggot eaten skeleton....

[Cyberus]

OK, OK

In view of the responses which it has prompted. I would like to wholeheartedly apologise for my use of the word 'gay' in a sense that caused offence.

May I explain why I used that word? Well, it has come into common usage amongst my friends and other people I have come into contact with here in the South East of England to mean 'naff'. This is a usage that no doubt originated from the homophobia which is seemingly everpresent amongst teenage schoolchildren. Nevertheless, it will oft be heard used in a pejoratitive sense, rather than the use coined around the 1980s to mean homosexual, or the earlier sense of happy, joyous, etc.

I would speculate that other people have heard the word used in this sense...

[Cyberus]

I know mate, I know  ;-)

[Cyberus]

@Lo

I always liked the coloured tick too

[Cyberus]

@cecilia et al

I think I owe you guys an apology...I really should've phrased the original post a bit better, and then not over-reacted like a spoilt child when you criticised my use of language.

When you write you really do have to choose your words carefully, especially as you don't have any body language / tone of voice to help convey the meaning, plus what you write isn't easily forgotten!

But I suppose I got the message across in the end, just don't hire me as a diplomat :-)