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.

