Re: Agilista ( was: Let's Play The Resistance as a Resource Game)

On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Ron Jeffries wrote:

> 
> On Saturday, April 9, 2005, at 5:38:55 PM, Clarke Ching wrote:
> 
> > James Bach wrote
> >> (Note: I don't think "agilista" is a complementary term. I think it's a
> > way of mocking people who rigidly adhere to the letter of Agile Law laid
> > down by Agile Authorities, rather than exploring the spirit of agility. It
> > might be a self-mocking term, too. I'm not sure.)
> 
> > Thanks for this James.  
>  
> > They say that ignorance is bliss and it must be true because before I read
> > this I was much happier !  I think I've heard the word agilista once before
> > and I thought it was an amusing play on the word Barista from the startbucks
> > world.  I stand corrected in my ignorance!
> 
> I use it all the time, but then I just stand in my ignorance.
> 

You would know better than I how it's used in your community. Mine must
use that word differently. I've only ever heard it used to connote
dogmatic missionary behavior. I assumed its root was in Sandanista, rather 
than barrista.

-- James



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