25th March 2004, 7:50 PM
Ah yes, I remember reading about that. Honestly I thought the whole thing was stupid, but I guess some people actually care about it. Pardon me for saying so, but what an idiotic rivalry. Why on Earth would I ever be convinced to hate an adjacent state just because I was born here? Remember, I have not a trace of state pride.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)