I'm snarky

[w1ldc47]

I still can't comment on CC but I thought this bit of snark was too delicious to just leave unsaid.

Someone commented, in a discussion of varying philosophies:
My point was, just as you need "explorer.exe" to be running in the background of your computer to keep windows running, you NEED the fear of the Lord always to have any degree of wisdom and

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[q_pheevr]

Anyone who compares their Weltanschauung to Microsoft Windows is just asking to be snarked at.

[w1ldc47]

prezactly

[platypus_herder]

Besides, I'd expect worm- and virus-writers to call their wares "explorer" to appear normal. How can you be sure that your explorer (fear-of-god-compulsion) isn't a well-disguised piece of malicious code leading you astray (unholy temptation wrapped up in self-righteousness)?

Furthermore, isn't the whole emphasis on "fear" soooooo Old Testament?

[lightcastle]

Exceedingly old testament.

[anonymous]

Huh. So that's why the religious point of view keeps crashing when confronted with reality.

-Tentacle

[openmindedmale]

Heh, not only that, it's technically false.. you can kill explorer.exe, and (some) other apps can still be running just fine :)