Michael Rynn Wrote: > On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:57:00 -0500, Hamish McTavish wrote: > > > Jane Doe Wrote: > > > >> Is D a cult? > >> > >> > >> > > Who you calling a cult? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult > > Cult pejoratively refers to a group whose beliefs or practices could be, > reasonably or unreasonably, considered strange. The term was originally > used to denote a system of ritual practices. The narrower, derogatory > sense of the word is a product of the 20th century, especially since the > 1980s, and is a result of the anti-cult movement, which uses the term in > reference to groups seen as authoritarian, exploitative and possibly > dangerous. > > From this I would fairly safely conclude a group of Nerds interested in a > programming language are incapable of being or becoming a cult. It would > be so nice to be dangerous, but there appears to be no chance of that, > apart from how we could have saved the world if only we were not so > engrossed in this little part of it.
I think you missed the English humour - its an old joke based on the the miss-spelling of cult - just change one letter :-)
