Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:12:01 +0800 From: fooler <fooler@skyinet.net> To: Artem Koutchine <matrix@ipform.ru> Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, "Power JeSsIe!" <jessie@power-jessie.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd logo Message-ID: <3A9CCEF1.A899F513@skyinet.net> References: <00ca01c0a20d$862637a0$6100000a@vladsempire.net> <NEBBJJKPMLNMNBFHAAFIOEKDCDAA.jessie@power-jessie.net> <20010228110202.A84177@rapier.smartspace.co.za> <005001c0a169$2b506160$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru>
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http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/copyright/daemon.html fooler. Artem Koutchine wrote: > Who gives a f**k about this? Some weird > brain screwed religion maniac who is perversed enough > to be classied as fanatic and will become a member os > some sect w/o doub. > > A well know official relegion representative > in Russian (Russian Ortodox) said on behave on the number > 666 that it is only a number. Nothing more. It can be used, > written, manupulated, said and so forth w/o being in danger > of calling upon evil. This is just a number. If you put some > extra meaning in it - it is you up to you, but it is closer > to pagan culture. > > So, FreeBSD logo is just a FreeBSD logo. Nobody knows > how daemon (demon, imp, etc) look like. Or in my case, > if it even exists. So, relax people! Read some good > books (Freud, Stanislav Lem) to clear up your view on such > things. > > The creature which is represented on FreeBSD logo is > definitelly a freindly one and it is (using human anotomy) still > a child or a teenager. I doubt that such creature with a smile > can represent any kind of danger. Psychologically for > a modern human (whose culture is relied upon religion > not as much as in 19th centure) this picture should > be associated with position emotion and humor. If it is not > for you - visit your psychoanalist. > > Best regards, > Artem > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil Blakey-Milner" <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> > To: "Power JeSsIe!" <jessie@power-jessie.net> > Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:02 PM > Subject: Re: bsd logo > > > On Wed 2001-02-28 (15:09), Power JeSsIe! wrote: > > > but if daemon doesn't mean a demon, > > > why is it that the logo is like that? > > > a little red fellow with horns,tail and a fork... > > > > There was a process of "demonisation" occuring when (possibly > before, > > but definitely during) other cultures were introduced to > Christianity. > > Their previous gods, angel-analogues, and so forth were deemed to be > > evil forces pretending to be good, or whatever. > > > > Webster's definition: > > > > Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil > > spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.] > > 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a > > middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. > > > > The imagery can be linked at least to stylised Eastern art from > pre-"BC" > > (CE, now, isn't it?), and to pre-Christianity Europe (satyrs, and so > > forth). > > > > Neil > > -- > > Neil Blakey-Milner > > nbm@mithrandr.moria.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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