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[Marian Hettwer]

Hej Chris,

Chris Pressey wrote:
>>
>>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.
>
It may be a demon too. Not daemon, but demon. In Ferry Tales, often a 
demon is used instead of the devil himself.
But devil equals demon in that case, so therefor, right, our Beastie is 
a devil ;)
My own Opinion !

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

> Whereas who can dispute that the modern devil image in western culture
> *does* entail those features?
>
true again.
Ferrytail beasts / demons entail those features too ;)


> 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.
>
true too ...

> Now, if anyone has a *problem* with Beastie being a devil, that's a
> completely different issue...
> 
correct :)
My explanation is that it's only a picture of a unix daemon runnig with 
a fork. You have some unix words, and how to give these words a cute 
picture ? Right, paint a devil with a pitchfork - that's it. And let's 
call him Chuck, 'cause he's wearing Chuck All Stars shoes ;)

Am I wrong ?!

rgrds,
Marian