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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Anyone else remember reading Hot Stuff comics in the very conservative
1950s?  Along with Casper and the Ghostly Trio, Spooky,  & Wendy?
http://home.att.net/~thft/hot.htm

> http://www.politechbot.com/2005/04/01/religious-leaders-warn/
> 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."
>
> <snipped>
>
>
> http://www.lemis.com/grog/whyadaemon.html
>
> <snip>
>
> She tells the following story about wearing the 4.3BSD daemon T-
> shirt: Last week I walked into a local ``home style cookin'
> restaurant/watering hole'' in Texas to pick up a take-out order. I
> spoke briefly to the waitress behind the counter, who told me my
> order would be done in a few minutes. So, while I was busy gazing at
> the farm implements hanging on the walls, I was approached by two
> ``natives.'' These guys might just be the original Texas rednecks.
>
> ``Pardon us, ma'am. Mind if we ask you a question?''
>
> Well, people keep telling me that Texans are real friendly, so I
> nodded.
>
> ``Are you a Satanist?''
>
> Well, at least they didn't ask me if I liked to party.
>
> ``Uh, no, I can't say that I am.''
>
> ``Gee, ma'am. Are you sure about that?'' they asked.
>
> I put on my biggest, brightest Dallas Cowboys cheerleader smile and
> said, ``No, I'm positive. The closest I've ever come to Satanism is
> watching Geraldo.''
>
> ``Hmmm. Interesting. See, we was just wondering why it is you have
> the lord of darkness on your chest there.''
>
> <snip>