No, it's the right amount of emotional. When people distort the truth, it makes me angry. This is misinformation well beyond the protection of Hanlon's razor. And I resent that you are unable to attack my facts, so you have decided to try to go after my tone instead. If you are in possession of better facts, you should trot them out. But if you're somehow harmed by my honesty or passion then that's your problem.

> But if you're somehow harmed by my honesty or passion then that's your problem.

You're harmed by your "honesty" and "passion". People don't listen to what you have to say if they are turned off by your tone.

Look, I've been there, too. I've gotten angry about Lisp and Haskell zealots, for much the same reasons you got angry about Smalltalk fans. And my anger was... unproductive at best.

Gosh, thanks Mahatma.

I read your post a couple times and I'm not even sure what you're angry about. You yourself said that Smalltalk is great. Maybe you had a few friends who were really obsessed with Smaltalk and you are upset at them?