Comment 98 for bug 407621

I have no issue with icons being turned off, but turning them back on should be a easy consistent, which it is not.

The location for this preference:
System > Preferences > Appearance > Interface (Tab)
The option that turns it on/off:
Show Icons In menu

1) The issue with this is why would someone go to "Appearance" instead of right clicking the menu and selecting "Edit Menus".
2) Show Icons In menu does not turn off all icons. There should be one checkbox to turn all icons off/on or there should be one checkbox for each (Applications, Places, System)
3) Even with icons disabled, "Control Centre" icon is displayed

Until the layout and logic behind this choice are completed, I think the best course of action is to keep displaying all icons by default in karmic.