Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:23:30 -0700 From: Andy Balholm <andy@balholm.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: perrin@apotheon.com, mckusick@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD logo Message-ID: <E8EFF7F9-E26C-4EE6-9961-935D66CC55AA@balholm.com>
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Chad Perrin wrote: > Andy Balholm wrote: >> although the UNIX term "daemon" is not satanic in origin, some = aspects >> of Beastie's appearance are obviously derived from traditional >> depictions of the Devil.=20 >=20 > Really? Are you sure they weren't derived from something else -- = perhaps > a source in common for the "traditional" depictions of the devil? = There > may be a common source for both, rather than one being the source of = the > other. Correlation does not imply causation. Did you ask the = original > Beastie artist for confirmation that he was consciously emulating = images > of the Christian devil, or did you just jump to a conclusion like the = OP? I jumped to a conclusion, but I'll stand by it until someone shows me = the ancient common source. I don't recall anything that looks much like = Beastie in Greek art. When someone in the modern western culture decides to draw a daemon and = it comes out looking like a "demon," the most plausible explanation is = that he was influenced=97consciously or unconsciously=97by this = culture's traditional way of depicting demons. In fact, not being = influenced by that tradition would take a conscious effort. So I find = that far more likely than an obscure common source. Note that I am not attributing the resemblance to any "fiendish" = motives. I expect the artist just found the pun too good to pass up. = I'll CC him in case he wants to comment on his sources, since you think = he should be asked. Andy Balholm (509) 276-2065 andy@balholm.com
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