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and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have
included
Emacs vs.
vi, my personal computer vs. everyone
etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy
wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars
most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off
personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective
technical evaluations. See also
theology.