Debunking the debunkers

[CapelDodger]

I'll refrain from actually giving an answer, but let's just say local rivalries seem all the more intense for being local. Who cares about what's going on hundreds or thousands of miles away, when there are people just up the road to have irrational differences with

Absolutely. You can be told you hate distant folk and believe it intellectually, but it's the guy in the next village that stole your goat or shagged your sister, and therein lies true gut-hatred.

 

[CapelDodger]

I haven't followed the whole thread : did Richard ever come back after launching this thread, or is he off pursuing some less ambitious project? (I don't mean the estimable RichardR, of course.)

 

[Piggy]

I haven't followed the whole thread : did Richard ever come back after launching this thread, or is he off pursuing some less ambitious project? (I don't mean the estimable RichardR, of course.)

Oh, yeah. He was heavy in the Spy v. Spy w/ me and blutoski. But he eventually declared it a NASCAR thread and bolted.

 

[Grimoire]

Absolutely. You can be told you hate distant folk and believe it intellectually, but it's the guy in the next village that stole your goat or shagged your sister, and therein lies true gut-hatred.

Or shagged your goat and stole your sister.

Ok, I'm leaving now...

 

[Z]

Or shagged your goat and stole your sister.

Ok, I'm leaving now...

Damned Irishmen!

 

[TjW]

Absolutely. You can be told you hate distant folk and believe it intellectually, but it's the guy in the next village that stole your goat or shagged your sister, and therein lies true gut-hatred.

Or worse yet, the reverse.

ETA: Too late!