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[Chris Pressey]

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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:34:35 +1030
"Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh at logicsquad.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:56:05PM -0800, Bubble Gum wrote:
> 
> > I just want to ask (i'm sorry if it's a silly question),why freebsd
> > logo use "devil" character?
> 
> It's not a devil.  It's a daemon.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html

But you have to admit, glib explanations notwithstanding, that our
beloved Beastie *is* a devil.

I mean, I sincerely doubt that the ancient Greeks envisioned daemons to
be red-skinned horned things with pointy tails, carrying pitchforks.

Whereas who can dispute that the modern devil image in western culture
*does* entail those features?

So I feel that there's a certain amount of sophistry in this
oft-repeated apologia - and it's beginning to annoy me just a little.

Now, if anyone has a *problem* with Beastie being a devil, that's a
completely different issue...

-Chris