On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:39:12 -0700 Andy Balholm <a...@balholm.com> articulated:
> David Brodbeck wrote: > > 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 "δαιμονίοις θύει" > 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. I have always been partial to a passage by a famous American author. Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion — several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn’t straight. Mark Twain -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ We don't know who discovered water, but we're certain it wasn't a fish. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"