SGML tagging is bad for your mental health

A co-worker of mine finally snapped over an exchange with an SGML/XML advocate, and sent this email to our boss:

In other news...

<total_disbelief>I just re-read [SGMLguy's] e-mail where he talks about <he's_got_to_be_kidding>SGML</he's_got_to_be_kidding> and <no_way>tagging everything manually by hand</no_way>.</total_disbelief>

<query>He is kidding, right?</query>

<I_mean,_come_on,_work_with_me_here>It would take absolutely <emphasis>forever</emphasis> to write something the length of, <for_example>[one of our book titles]</for_example>, if you had to <bloody>tag</bloody> everything by hand. And what happens when a writer forgets to <it_blows_up_real_good>close a tag?</it_blows_up_real_good></I_mean,_come_on,_work_with_me_here>

Oh well. I should not let it bother me.

Too much