I don't think it means you can't have an opinion, I think it just means your opinion doesn't mean hooey because you can't know what you are talking about! </SARCASM!!>
They would and should discount my opinion too, because I am a yankee, and I am not even a fan. It's yippie-hoo for "my team" and ribbing of those on the other side. It is "My team rules and the other team drools" behavior. Over something as unimportant as whether country music is whiny.... I think it is not threatening to anyone's being or pride in themselves.... Shouldn't be!
We give each other our axes/bows/swords all the time over friendly ribbing..... relax Rosie!
I have an excuse, though! I accidentally didn't set the thing on the level setting, so it was slanted and my calves were killing me. And I was too stubborn and lazy to get off and adjust it - can't do it from the console.
I'm partly just tense because there's somethin' going on at work...big shake-up in my dept. where some people don't wanna speak to other people, which considering normally we get along about as well as the HH folks, is a major happenstance. Very uncomfortable. Basically one guy made a big boo-boo that affected one of the major servers...he didn't MEAN to, but it's kind of a "he should have known better" situation. Most people weren't in today...tomorrow should be really interesting.
*sigh* So I'm on a short fuse today. But after exercise, a shower, and with chili cookin' on the stove...the world looks brighter.