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Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:13:41 -0500 (EST)
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Use as you see fit.
Mr. Farber,
 
Funny 4/1 story.
 
The following isn't a 4/1 story.
Believe it or not such thinking isn't that far fetched.  My wife manages a bank and during the last 4 months has had an increasingly bizarre series of complaints from her customers.  
 
1) The most common complaint is that her bank has a TV monitor which displays CNN.  Many of her customers insist CNN is anti-American, anti-Christian and spreads lies, they demand that she "turn the channel to Fox".  It's a satellite feed so the broadcast is fixed.
 
2) She had several complaints because of St Patrick's day decorations.  She combined St Patrick's day decorations with a promotion for loans.  The decorations showed a rainbow with a pot of gold at one end.  The sign said something to the effect "Find your pot of gold with a low interest auto loan".   Well, she had customers complaining that she displayed a rainbow and they demanded to know why her bank was supporting gay rights.  
 
3) She had a customer last week complain that her signs promoting IRA's was offensive to the Irish because IRA stands for "Irish Republican Army".  My wife politely explained that she is Irish and that she certainly doesn't find it offensive.  She added that in her bank, IRA stands for "Individual Retirement Account".  
 
I could go on but I'm sure you get the point.
 
Jerry Ballman
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/1/2005 4:41:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dave@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
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Subject: [Politech] Religious leaders warn  of Apple Computer's
"Satanic"daemon, Darwin ties

[Let's hope this is  a joke! --Declan]

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just spotted  this.. yikes. i used to live in colorado springs and this
is spooky. please  delete my email 'cuz i'm sending this from my  work
addr....


DENVER, Co. -- Apple Computer is facing criticism  over its Macintosh
computers from an unusual source: religious  conservatives.

They're upset about products from the Cupertino,  Calif.-based computer
maker being associated with a logo of a two-horned  red devil.

"That suggests Satan to me, and I don't think I'm alone,"  James Dobson,
chairman of Focus on the Family, said during an interview on  Fox News
Channel on Thursday evening. "Apple needs to realize this is  offensive
to God-fearing Christians or face a boycott."

Apple's OS X  computers are based on software called "FreeBSD," which has
chosen a  pitchfork-wielding devil as its logo and mascot. FreeBSD is
published by  the FreeBSD Foundation in Boulder.

Dobson said he and other religious  leaders had become aware of the devil
imagery as a result of Apple's  expected release of its new Tiger
version. "No respectable American company  should want to ally itself
with the Lord of Darkness or make light of him,"  he said.

Another reason why Christians may want to choose Microsoft  products is
that Apple computers are based on the "Darwin" code, Dobson  warned. "If
  you ask me, Steve Jobs should rename it 'Paley' to avoid  further
confrontation with our community," he said.

William Paley is  the early-19th century English theologian who advanced
the theory of  intelligent design, basically that some facets of nature
were so complex  that they could have been created only by God. Charles
Darwin is known for  his theory of evolution.

Apple released a statement late Thursday that  said: "Jokes about daemons
and wizards and the Berkeley Unix mascot have a  long history in the
computer world. We mean no disrespect toward Christians  and will work
with the FreeBSD Foundation toward finding a more appropriate  symbol for
our products. We thank the Rev. Dobson for bringing this to our  attention."

The FreeBSD Foundation did not immediately respond to a  request for comment.

The Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based think  tank that opposes the
teaching of evolution, wrote a letter to Apple last  week raising
questions about the use of the name "Darwin" in the OS X code.  The think
tank is sponsoring a lecture in Seattle next week titled: "From  Darwin
To Hitler: Does Darwinism Devalue Human Life?"


Related  sites:

http://developer.apple.com/darwin/

http://www.freebsd.org/

http://www.discovery.org/
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