In a way it's a bit pointless to be shocked by posts like Giorgio's pasted/posted above.

From where he and his ilk are, M is the Lord incarnate and we're a bunch of infidels who've turned against him, like something out of a prophesy.  The venom directed towards people here comes from their fanatical belief that M really is God in human form, or something of the kind.  Whether they're ever prepared to admit this in public these days is another matter entirely - it's more like an implicit understanding between them.  I know many premies who still feel like this so there's no point any of the angry premie brigade coming here and denying it; it just won't wash.

What we perceive as mad irrational venom is angry defence of their Lord to them.  We would have felt the same towards "manmats" back then.  I avoided them like the plague, especially if they were vocal in their dislike of M - they were beyond the pale as far as we were concerned.  Most of us here must be able to remember how we felt about manmats.

So why be shocked by anything these guys say?  They're suffering from an affliction called blind devotion, just like we once were.  We woke up eventually, and so in the end will most of them.