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