From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 25 20:15:42 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 B897C106566B for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:15:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy1-pub.bluehost.com [69.89.21.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 996FB8FC22 for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 12892 invoked by uid 0); 25 Jul 2010 20:15:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2010 20:15:42 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=gfhMikLmgEQGOYq1Zi3pHzGu71U2WKDKHpAwMvl1mWgZHyTdbZnfj+qPgE4d2/XRMiHWF6n4gxeORfNW7dJmu4z2MFZlcBzTgtGlK+ZXbG3x6cq5vH39bA7eWzM+rvw+; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Od7bp-0007NX-1f for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:15:42 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:13:49 -0600 Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:13:49 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100725201349.GC86402@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <8279E0B1-B1ED-49AF-BB8F-15CEA104821A@gull.us> <20100725172538.GA85893@guilt.hydra> <20100725182023.GB57688@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="H8ygTp4AXg6deix2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100725182023.GB57688@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} 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: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:15:42 -0000 --H8ygTp4AXg6deix2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:20:23AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Chad Perrin on Sunday, 25 July 2010: > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:54:37AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > >=20 > > I'd think a devout Christian would have much more reason to complain > > about a Flying Spaghetti Monster (whose only purpose is to mock mystical > > belief systems) than a Daemon, ... >=20 > >=20 > On the contrary, they fear competition much more than direct opposition. > That's why the bloodiest religious wars are usually between similar syste= ms. > Thus, an opposing mythical symbol is more threatening, provided it's > taken seriously -- the attempt to cast it seriously is an attempt to > frame an enemy. >=20 > Actually, the deeper, unspoken threat is that it won't be taken seriously > -- providing a precedent for the demotion of all mythical symbols. Allow me to rephrase: "I'd think a devout Christian *who isn't an idiot* would have much more reason to complain about a Flying Spaghetti Monster . . ." Of course, I'm assuming that "devout" precludes being a pretender to faithfulness who is only engaging in spiritually empty propaganda. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --H8ygTp4AXg6deix2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxMmv0ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXVsACfR1C2GiRwu1W6G9kVldBdxJb2 yX0AoJ/LGkTse9anvwNNe4skpfM/2WDM =n4sW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --H8ygTp4AXg6deix2--