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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5023238" data-attributes="member: 177">To carry on a bit from what Rel said - the Endless Edition War is not based on feelings of hatred and bitterness towards editions.  It is based on how people have treated each other.  Initially, feelings towards the editions and the company were the basis for discussion, and then argument.  But that turned into months on end of beating each other with rhetorical sticks.  Fans betrayed each other, treated each other like dirt. At this point, we are in solid "Hatfields and McCoys" territory - the anger is far more general, and persists whatever the discussion of specifics may be. Some of this is subtle.  I'll use your own post as an example - I'm sorry if you find that annoying, but it is close to hand.Do you realize that few things will get a person riled up like telling them their feelings are invalid?  And here you are, trying to say that one side doesn't have as much reason to be upset - that their anger does not have a solid basis, and by implication the other guys do have reason.How do you think that's going to make people feel?  Suddenly, those people who have less reason to be bitter at the edition do have reason to be bitter about something else - your attempt to dismiss their feelings.And thus, Wars are born.</blockquote>