From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 22:14:18 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F16C816A41F for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 22:14:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 996E943D45 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 22:14:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id jA3MEI38000437; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:14:18 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id jA3MEI6O000436; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:14:18 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200511032214.jA3MEI6O000436@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: eighner@io.com (Lars Eighner) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:14:18 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20051103152921.S33671@goodwill.io.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: DAve , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: New Logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 22:14:19 -0000 > > On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > I point out that removing beastie was not the point of the exercise > > (contrary to Ted's paranoid fantasies of a right-wing Christian > > fundamentalist cabal dictating policy to the core team). > > In point of fact, the "logo" idea started right here when > a right-wing Christian fundamentalist complain that people > at his church were worried about Beastie on their computers. > (I have that archived in case you are inclined to try to > deny it.) You must be a newbie. The logo argument has been going on for years. There have been suggestions about getting a new logo, both to thwart the religious bigots and to "be more professional" for a long time before that particular person worried about his/her church response. There have been good reasons and bad reasons argued and good ideas and bad ideas put forth for a long time. > These are exactly the same people who will support the > Department of Homeland Security when it decides that everyone > must use one the "approved" (i.e. big commercial) operating > systems because of 9-11. Some of them. And some are not. Your brush is so wide, it can't help but dripping back on yourself. ////jerry > > When you start caving to such people, there is no stopping. > > -- > Lars Eighner > eighner@io.com > http://www.larseighner.com/index.html > 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266