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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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {bigot}{CrApTeX}{holy wars}{rathole}{real operating system}{theology}]