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Can you point out those comments, because I see nothing of the kind? The only thing that comes even close is "Of course it's Texas I men where else would it be..." and that is obviously a jab at the unique way in which Texas deals with the law regarding all things IT.

I pointed that out in a thread about patents once when a poster said we should poison the water in East Texas. I pointed out that no one ever says we should poison the water in Hollywood despite their repeated attacks on the internet, so why the double standard?

The response was "he didn't say to poison all of you, just East Texas!" as if I shouldn't be offended because I lived (at the time) in San Antonio.

facepalm

I was going to write something similar. It's pretty sad. It is especially perplexing given the large and growing tech industry in Texas -- not that such comments would be appropriate in its absence, either.