Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 11:11:09 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: "David A. Medeiros" <damzz@mediaone.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Offensive figures (wa: Why?) Message-ID: <20000702111109.N18213@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <395CCD89.4660E85D@gorean.org> References: <395B229A.D6CD5BD0@mediaone.net> <20000630183122.F7687@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> <395CCD89.4660E85D@gorean.org>
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On Friday, 30 June 2000 at 9:40:41 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> On Thursday, 29 June 2000 at 6:19:06 -0400, David A. Medeiros wrote: >>> Why is a figure offensive in its caricturization used as the logo for >>> FreeBSD? Thanks! >> >> Why, is a figure offensive in its caricturization used as the logo for >> FreeBSD? The logo represents a daemon. What's offensive about that? > > Yes, that's the rationalization for it. But come on. The character is a > visual pun. It's _clearly_ drawn to represent a devil/demon. The high > minded "It's really a dAemon" business is just a convenient excuse. Why > else would BSDi be passing out little devil horns at usenix? Those were daemon horns. > How would you draw a daemon, really? Well, how do you draw a devil? IIRC the current suggestion of horns and tail go back to representations of the Greek God/Daemon Pan (from which we get panic :-). Christianity came up with the concept of devils relatively late (it's not a Jewish concept), and they adapted the image from daemons. The real reason why the devils were considered evil was because in pre-judaic times they competed with the One True God. Other people worshipped Baal, for example, but he became Beelzebub in Christian tradition. BTW, I brought a pair of daemon horns back from USENIX, and my wife put them on. The cat freaked out. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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