Oh but I just did. Read post 18. :-)
This all got started when Frances Rice wrote a poorly-researched article over 8 years ago. It wasn’t long before well-meaning FReepers started reposting it frequently, but most of what was written was speculative and generally erroneous and was quickly debunked with even a desultory amount of research.
Just recently, another FReeper posted that myth and was so caught up emotionally in repeating the falsehood that he decided a flamewar with myself and others was preferable than a substantive discussion of the facts.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3242627/posts?page=10#10
That’s where it started and degenerated from there.