Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 14:03:58 -0400 From: Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> Cc: mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about the mascot Message-ID: <37B0698E.8ACE84F5@charm.net> References: <local.mail.freebsd-questions/Pine.BSF.4.05.9908041558350.24510-100000@dt011n65.san.rr.com> <199908101747.MAA25151@free.pcs>
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Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > In article <local.mail.freebsd-questions/199908101725.AA277355913@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> you write: > > > >>Inre > >>the mascot issue, it was acknowledged in a prior round of this debate that > >>some promotional materials sans "devils" would be a good idea, but I've > >>never seen any produced. Personally, I know that freebsd is not demonic, > >>however I won't display FreeBSD stuff with devils on it for fear of > >>confusing people who don't share our level of "sophistication" with > >>regards to obscure greek mysticism. > > > >Traditional as it may be, I feel the "cute little devil" was an > >unfortunate mascot choice and I support the idea of producing some > >promotional materials without his image on them. Meanwhile, like Doug > >I am not displaying the current ones. > > I'm of the opinion that the daemon looks cute, and there isn't > _that_ much resistance in the mainstream as you would think. > > When was the last time you heard the press making an uproar over > the Duke Blue Devils? Arizona Sun Devils? IMHO, their logos are > more "demonic" than ours, but it doesn't seem to hurt them in the > national news. And they get a lot more press than we do. There's > even the New Jersey Devils, although their logo is more stylized. > > Hmm. Perhaps someone should put the beastie in a blue dress. :-) > -- > Jonathan > No not that!!!! No ACC basketball team will be able to beat Duke then. Do you really want Duke to have the extra help. [U of Maryland, Terps] -d To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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