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)