Why we fight

We received an email from a reader signed "Not Solomon" (would we kid you?) asking us why we're so hard on HHI, Solomon and Doc, and whether our behavior isn't ultimately stooping to their level and putting us in the category of "not credible."

First of all, who said we wanted to be "credible"? We obviously don't take ourselves too seriously and we certainly don't expect to be taking full credit for long articles in national magazines (ahem). We write this as much to make ourselves and others laugh and snicker as to rip HHI.

We don't proclaim to the world that we're experts in anything, let alone the fields of history, underwater exploration or archaeology. We don't have educational programs for children, the elderly or sick, or small pets. We don't raise alms for the poor. If we wanted to be any of these high-falutin things we'd strive for much higher standards.

For example, we'd actually make an effort to get our history and facts right. We'd strive for an objective tone. Skeptical? Absolutely, but also always fair. We'd never reduce ourselves to crass insults, blind hatred, name calling, or the employment of lies, distortions or mistruths to make a point. In other words, we'd try to be all the things HHI is not.

Instead, we exist to tweak HHI's hypocrisy and by calling out it's spiritual leaders, Solomon and Doc, for their visceral hatred of Odyssey, which, oddly enough, has never been fully articulated or explained. Who knows? Maybe it's a source of embarrassment for them, like one of them was denied a job, or perhaps a contract proposal sent to Odyssey was rejected for sheer stupidity?

We fight Virginia -- may we call you "Virginia"? -- because we hate hypocrites and bullies who demand people see things as they do with no room for reasonable disagreement, and who bleat on endlessly about civility and respect while displaying none of it themselves.

Are we juvenile? Um, yes. Are we insulting? We try. Do we care if we hurt HHI feelings? Uh, non. But, then again, we don't care what other people think. We do know this: we encourage open debate, we post comments contrary to our own opinions, and we don't ban or block people's IP address for daring to disagree with us. And considering that in as little as a couple of weeks we've already received nearly 2,500 hits, we'd say we've hit on a winning formula that at least some people like.

Does that answer it, "Not Solomon"?