Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:39:12 -0700 From: Andy Balholm <andy@balholm.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo Message-ID: <8B2A21F8-53F0-4392-AFB7-0ACD9A250B57@balholm.com>
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David Brodbeck wrote:=20 > It also hasn't escaped my notice that the original poster has never = come back to this thread; I suspect we've been trolled, folks. That's possible. It's also possible that, after reading the responses to = his inquiry, the original poster decided that his question had been = adequately answered, his concerns were justified, and he should use a = different operating system. If so, I can hardly blame him, even though I = personally feel that boycotting BSD because of its mascot doesn't fit = very well with the apostle Paul's advice to the Corinthian Christians = that it was OK for them to buy from butchers who "sacrifice to daemons" = (my own translation of "=CE=B4=CE=B1=CE=B9=CE=BC=CE=BF=CE=BD=CE=AF=CE=BF=CE= =B9=CF=82 =CE=B8=CF=8D=CE=B5=CE=B9" in 1 Corinthians 10:20). The original post looks to me like an expression of sincere concern = about BSD's image, not an accusation of satanism or an attempt to start = an argument. I wouldn't call his concern ignorant either: 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 Andy Balholm (509) 276-2065 andy@balholm.com
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