Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:57:09 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid ASCII loader prompt Message-ID: <200503170857.09677.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200503171643.j2HGhes03771@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200503171643.j2HGhes03771@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On Thursday 17 March 2005 08:43 am, you wrote: > > On Thursday 17 March 2005 08:08 am, you wrote: > > > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > > >adding my $0.02 to the pot > > > > > > > >I hope FreeBSD folks have more pride in their product than > > > >to allow a few malcontents cause a logo change. If bestie goes > > > >AWOL so may I. Using a product when its own designers won't > > > >stick by it seams unwise. > > > > > > > >-Mike > > > > > > For what values of "it"? FreeBSD is an operating system, > > > not a logo. Most people's decision to use the OS aren't > > > based on its mascot, I would hope. > > > > If the logo is of no importance, then why did it ever exist? > > FreeBSD started with this logo and needs to stick by it in my > > opinion. If someone comes up with a better looking "beastie" that > > is fine, to arbitrally change it after 20 years because a few > > people are offended shows cowardness in the face of nearly 0 > > diversity. > > > > If you toss beastie probably should change to change chmod 666 > > because that number offends some people. While your at it please > > remove gnome-sword, it likely offends some non Christians to have > > bible study software in ports. After all in Saudi Arabia the cross > > is illegal, no need to risk offending. What about the hewbrew > > fonts? Do they also piss off Arabs? Toss those just in case. Now > > the Arabic fonts need tossing tool, just to be fair. > > > > -Mike > > Oh, quit your whining. You call it whining when I state a position that is contrary to your own? Be brave, make a counter point. People with no original ideas of their own result to insults. Surely you can rise above this sort of statement. [snipped the rest, after reading the insult lost interest in the remainer of your reply] -Mike
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