<i>Compartmentalizing behavior is cognitive dissonance.</i><p>Compartmentalizing behavior is <i>how we function in society</i>. It&#x27;s the reason why people can simultaneously hold seemingly vile religious (or other) beliefs while still being good-natured people.<p>Why the hell do you keep saying &quot;Paul Reiser&quot;? It really makes me think you have no idea what you&#x27;re talking about. No, I wouldn&#x27;t trust Hans Reiser as a person. But he&#x27;s in prison, so I&#x27;ll never work with him, anyway. I certainly might trust his views on file systems, though.<p><i>It&#x27;s completely fair when they&#x27;re selling themselves as leaders for change. They are trying to set an example, in all regards, give presentations and so on.</i><p>They&#x27;re trying to set a <i>technical</i> example. They&#x27;re not selling themselves as &quot;leaders&quot; for anything, that&#x27;s just you projecting your insecure vigilantism on things.<p>Let it go. I won&#x27;t argue with you further, anyway.