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> poor taste to use as a mascot a mythological creature who is reputed to be the source of every single evil, cruel, horrible thing in all of history Well ...
by AlexeyBrin 10y ago
> poor taste to use as a mascot a mythological creature who is reputed to be the source of every single evil, cruel, horrible thing in all of history
Well ... what about Pan and Dionysus ? What about all other cultures in which there is no Devil representation that has a tail and horns ? History is long and the world is more diverse than you seem to realize.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 10y agoWhat's evil about Pan and Dionysus?
- AlexeyBrin 10y agoNothing, this was my point. The OP just implied that the small devil image of FreeBSD represents evil in the entire history of humanity which is false.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 10y agoYou wrote in the context of the devil being > the source of every single evil, cruel, horrible thing and used Pan and Dionysus as a counter-example. If you're saying 'well, Pan and Dionysus both have horns like the bsd mascot' I don't find that compelling either because the identifying characteristics don't line up (different types of horns, the tail, the pitchfork, and so on).