[BSDobelix]

> blatantly being unwelcoming to a lot of religious people.

It's maybe a clever tactic to keep religious extremists away.

>as a Christian I would say it is appropriate to refuse to do business with someone using such images

Send from a Iphone ;)

[veltas]

> It's maybe a clever tactic to keep religious extremists away.

Or a clever tactic to reduce diversity, because many diverse countries of the world are full of people who would be uncomfortable or wouldn't want to associate with such images, because of their culture and religion.

> Send from a Iphone ;)

Sent from Android, but besides the point. I've used FreeBSD and have tried to make it work for me. Unfortunately because of the logo I can't actually use it in general. For instance I wouldn't be comfortable using it with the church website I help maintain. I'm sure this is all just superstitious nonsense to you, but in truth this is part of my religion. Believing in the supernatural and sin is not 'extreme', unless you think Christianity in general is extreme.

I'm not stopping you from being anti religious, or anti Christian. I don't it's good, but I think it would be wrong to force you to not be. But FreeBSD claims to abide by a code of welcoming all people regardless of religion, I'm pointing out the hypocrisy here.

[f30e3dfed1c9]

Re: "because of the logo I can't actually use it in general. For instance I wouldn't be comfortable using it with the church website I help maintain": I don't understand this. Why would the logo appear on the web site? Or do you mean that the mere existence of the logo, even if it is never seen by you or any user of the web site, means you can't use FreeBSD?

[oneeyedpigeon]

> Or a clever tactic to reduce diversity

This is a difficult one to judge because, while the logo may keep some extremists away which, I agree, would reduce diversity, a policy of kowtowing to such extremists may keep more open-minded people away instead.

[veltas]

Careful reading you'll see I'm not asking for diversity for extremists.

[BSDobelix]

>I'm not stopping you from being anti religious, or anti Christian.

I am a catholic, but thanks for the "anti Christian" label, you see that's what i mean with extremism ;)

[defrost]

As I recall, didn't Catholics cement themselves as anti-Christian religuous extremists with the Albigensian Crusade?

Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius seems pretty extreme.

Apocryphal quotes aside there's a well documented long history of intolerance of core cannon heresy.

[BSDobelix]

Your are right, now i know that the whole time i was the extremist by birth.

>Apocryphal quotes aside there's a well documented long history of intolerance of core cannon heresy.

Like with every single religion right?

[defrost]

Pretty sure there's a modicum of diversity there .. Father Bob McGuire's no Christian Brother or Cardinal George Pell. You might be one of the good ones ... :)

> Like with every single religion right?

Eh, dunno about that, there's a lot of variation - off hand I don't think the Baháʼí engaged in many pograms or inquisitions .. other religions have notably dabbled in many such things.

[veltas]

I didn't say (or didn't mean to imply?) you were anti-Christian. But now it sounds like you're calling me an extremist, which actually is controlling/manipulative behaviour, is it not? And for no good reason.