Subject: Re: unofficial poll about new logo
To: None <d.zanon@infinito.it>
From: Marko =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=FCtz?= <schutz_m@usp.ac.fj>
List: current-users
Date: 11/01/2004 12:14:26
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From: "d.zanon@infinito.it" <d.zanon@infinito.it>
Subject: Re: unofficial poll about new logo
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:30:56 +0000

> On Sunday 31 October 2004 18:31, you wrote:
> > Sean Davis wrote:
> > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 07:14:47PM +0100, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> > >>Could someone once more please explain why the BSD Demon wasn't allowed?
> > >>Put that demon in there, and I think it should have worked.
> > >
> > > Because the daemon (not demon) apparently offends christians, according
> > > to
> >
> > I think that should be "may offend some christians". Or, even,
> > "may offend some people".
> 
> Right. If we don't want to offend anyone, we have to use a beautiful white
> circle on a white background. I am Christian, but daemons don't offend me.
> And if they would offend me, I wouldn't do anything. I think the daemon
> was very nice and represented BSD well. The new logo, sorry, doesn't seem
> to mean anything...
> I'd like back the old daemons!

The sad thing is that there seems not much if any symbolism hidden in
the logo. If at least the flagpole was pointing the other
direction... 

Marko

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