> Why? Because you have a blog and must fill it with something or it whither...

nir · on Nov 27, 2009

Can't blame the guy, though, since we reward this type of writing by making this "Ciao Apples, Hola Oranges" essay #2 in HN.

berntb · on Nov 27, 2009

That explains the blogs (and, well, a large part of the media) but doesn't answer the phenomenon of language wars.

hippee-lee · on Nov 28, 2009

s/language/religious/ and wars over religion have been going on for thousands of years. I don't think that explains it but the mentality seems very similar to me.