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Date:      Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:27:06 -0500
From:      Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Logo competition (was: Re: Save the Demon!)
Message-ID:  <20050214222706.GA53648@neptune.atopia.net>
In-Reply-To: <200502142102.j1EL2Prv094787@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <63867.207.219.213.162.1108412506.squirrel@207.219.213.162> <200502142102.j1EL2Prv094787@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:02:25PM +0100, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy:
> Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> wrote:
>  > Oliver Fromme said:
>  > > [...]
>  > > > I'm not seeing a problem here. Beastie is not a religious icon,
>  > > > not is it intended to be one.
>  > > 
>  > > Right -- but it looks like one.  And every now and then
>  > > there are people who are offended by it because of their
>  > > religious bias.
>  > 
>  > Boo Hoo! Use Linux then, or is the Penguin sacrilege to your religion too?
> 
> Personally I do not care, but there are people who do care,
> and we shouldn't be too arrogant or intolerant to ignore
> them.  There's no sane reason to scare them off to Linux.
And there's also no sane reason that they should refuse to use FreeBSD
because of a 20-year old cartoon graphic. Really, such kooks would only
give FreeBSD a bad name if they chose to use it.
-Dan
-- 
Dan Ponte
http://www.theamigan.net/
Schizophrenia beats being alone.



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