Step 1. Choose a word with a vague and emotional meaning to the audience
Step 2. Espouse a definition of the term based on syllogistic reasoning.
example A: The hacker way is good. Continuous iteration and improvement is good. The hacker way is continuous iteration and improvement.
example B: The hacker way is good. Writing your own tool to present a filtered view of a datastream is good. The hacker way is writing your own tool present a filtered view of a data stream.
Step 1. Choose a word with a vague and emotional meaning to the audience
Step 2. Espouse a definition of the term based on syllogistic reasoning.
example A: The hacker way is good. Continuous iteration and improvement is good. The hacker way is continuous iteration and improvement.
example B: The hacker way is good. Writing your own tool to present a filtered view of a datastream is good. The hacker way is writing your own tool present a filtered view of a data stream.
Step 3: Now Fight!
[EDIT: slipping this in here: http://lesswrong.com/lw/np/disputing_definitions/]