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religious issues
(foldoc) | religious issues
Questions which seemingly cannot be raised without touching
off holy wars, such as "What is the best operating system
(or editor, language, architecture, shell, mail reader, news
reader)?", "What about that Heinlein guy, eh?", "What should
we add to the new Jargon File?" See holy wars; see also
theology, bigot.
This term is a prime example of ha ha only serious. People
actually develop the most amazing and religiously intense
attachments to their tools, even when the tools are
intangible. The most constructive thing one can do when one
stumbles into the crossfire is mumble Get a life! and leave
- unless, of course, one's *own* unassailably rational and
obviously correct choices are being slammed.
(1996-08-16)
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religious issues
(jargon) | religious issues
n.
Questions which seemingly cannot be raised without touching off {holy wars
}, such as “What is the best operating system (or editor, language,
architecture, shell, mail reader, news reader)?”, “What about that Heinlein
guy, eh?”, “What should we add to the new Jargon File?” See holy wars;
see also theology, bigot, and compare rathole.
This term is a prime example of ha ha only serious. People actually
develop the most amazing and religiously intense attachments to their
tools, even when the tools are intangible. The most constructive thing one
can do when one stumbles into the crossfire is mumble Get a life! and
leave — unless, of course, one's own unassailably rational and obviously
correct choices are being slammed.
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