From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 26 15:39:14 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 8A106106564A for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:39:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@balholm.com) Received: from mail.my180.net (pop1-levy.go180.net [216.229.186.150]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500E88FC18 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:39:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 26710 invoked by uid 0); 26 Jul 2010 15:39:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.2?) (andy@balholm.com@63.224.217.218) by mail.my180.net with ESMTPA; 26 Jul 2010 15:39:13 -0000 From: Andy Balholm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:39:12 -0700 Message-Id: <8B2A21F8-53F0-4392-AFB7-0ACD9A250B57@balholm.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) 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: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:39:14 -0000 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