From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 21:11:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D57A1065675 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:11:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12C068FC15 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 15342 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2010 21:11:41 -0000 Received: from dsl081-163-112.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO ringbill.gull.us) ([64.81.163.112]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 24 Jul 2010 21:11:41 -0000 Received: from alphonse ([192.168.10.9] helo=alphonse.gull.us) by ringbill.gull.us with esmtpa (Exim 4.71 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Ocm0S-000E6b-Lb for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:11:40 -0700 Message-Id: <8279E0B1-B1ED-49AF-BB8F-15CEA104821A@gull.us> From: David Brodbeck To: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:11:40 -0700 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Subject: Re: BSD logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:11:42 -0000 On Jul 24, 2010, at 7:33 AM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > I am not a religious man myself, but if the logo had any religious > meaning to me I am sure I could better understand Victor's issues. > Seems silly, but if it was the other way around I'm sure _many_ people > here would probably concur in the discomfort of using an OS who's logo > was some sort of religion symbol, say a Christian Cross, Egyptian > Ankh, David Star, Muslim Moon, or a Satanic Encircled Five Point Star. Well, to me it's about intent. I doubt the FreeBSD logo was picked with the intent of sticking a thumb in the eye of anyone religious. I also think it's pretty clear it wasn't picked by someone who identified with Satanism. On the other hand, if someone uses a Jesus Fish or a cross as a logo, they're usually trying to make a political point. *That* would make me uncomfortable -- not the symbol itself, but the sentiment I knew was behind it.