The religious aspect, as far as I can tell, came from people getting in my face about refusing to buy a windows product (meaning: they introduced religious intollerance into the discussion, not me). So, if you want to point fingers, and want to stop that part of the discussion, stop being one of the people pushing it forward.

Up until the "right tool" quip, all I did was:
a) say that I refuse to buy it, because (as far as we know now) it only has support from the vendor to run Windows.
b) reply to follow ups about _why_ I'm taking that position.

If you want to buy it, or other windows systems, go right ahead. I honestly don't care, as long as I'm not asked to administrate or support them. But if (the collective) you are going to challenge me on why _I_ wont buy one, expect to hear my full opinion about why _I_ wont buy one. And don't then turn around and act like _I_ am the religious zealot -- that finger pointing goes just as firmly in the direction of people who refuse to accept that some people legitimately wont buy a windows based system. I also don't eat liver, nor listen to opera, does stating those things also get me singled out as a religious zealot?

The only hostility I've seen is: people knee-jerking about me stating my preference.