Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:49:22 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Logo Contest Message-ID: <20050209224922.77110580@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <20050210034409.GA15195@neptune.atopia.net> References: <200502091349.00708.algould@datawok.com> <420ACD5E.3030708@pacific.net.sg> <20050209222850.0b94abad@mobile.pittgoth.com> <20050210034409.GA15195@neptune.atopia.net>
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:44:09 -0500 Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 10:28:50PM -0500, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy: > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:56:31 +0800 > > Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > this all sounds like a very stupid idea to me. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > This also sounds like the effort in the EU banning the swastika not > > > seeing that some two billion people using it as a religious symbol. > > > > Your conspiracy is over there -------> > > I don't believe that is all that farfetched; indeed, Jun mentioned in > his "announcement" (as it was seemingly leaked) that it may offend some, > and I don't think that scottl's commit removing Beastie from the loader > menu speaks against it, either. FreeBSD has a long history of tradition > behind it; breaking said tradition in the name of political correctness > can only hinder. Admittedly so, I wasn't too happy about the removal either, but I let it go. -- Tom Rhodes
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