From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 11 16:13:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fellspt.charm.net (fellspt.charm.net [199.0.70.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C16DA14C39 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 16:13:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dutch@charm.net) Received: from charm.net (coretel-115-069.charm.net [209.143.115.69]) by fellspt.charm.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA19875; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 19:13:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <37B20371.5E52210C@charm.net> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 19:12:49 -0400 From: Dutch Collins X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kenny Drobnack Cc: William Melanson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about the mascot References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Kenny Drobnack wrote: > > I am a Christian, and do not find the daemon mascot offensive in the > least. And I came from the DOS/Windows environment, so I had no idea what > the daemon was. In fact, I got some funny looks at my Christian college > when i started talking about "demons" running in my computer. Some people > laughed and said "Windows sure seems like that sometimes". > maybe we should have a disclaimer or something "FreeBSD is not > satanic. This is a daemon, a helpful spiritual being, kind of like an > angel." Of course, people don't read README files, much less > disclaimers... > I do kind of like the idea of having some versions of things > (T-shits, stickers, the CD's) without the mascot. Of course, still keep > the ones with. That way, if the little devil on their software package > really bothers someone, they can get the one that doesn't have him. > > > This whole CHRISTIAN COALITION diatribe is really beginning to wear > > thin. Take it to another list! > > > > > > The despairing.-- Christianity possesses the hunters instinct for all > > those who can by one means or another be brought to despair - of which > > only a portion of mankind is capable. It is constantly on their track, it > > lies in wait for them. Pascal attempted the experiment of seeing whether, > > with the aid of the most incisive knowledge, everyone could not be brought > > to despair: the experiment miscarried, to his twofold despair. > > > > - Nietzsche I am heading for the History Channel. -d To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message