Naïve Parallelization: C++ vs Haskell

A followup from the same blog from the next day is here: http://flyingfrogblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/naive-parallelism...

To paraphrase Kissinger, "FP language pissing contests are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small."

(Also, why is this guy's blog written in first person plural?)

Why does everything jdh does involve so much hate and vitriol?