Mr Wright is a centralist. For him London is the only possible source of political, economic and social health. And those who don't touch their forelocks at the mention of London, he despises.
But Bob Shields, a longtime San Jose Giants season-ticket holder, says he"despises the thought" of the A's displacing his team and vows never to attend an A's game in San Jose.
Even veteran music journalist David Quantick, who despises what he regards as the ostentatious breast-beating of emo, admits that he cannot bring himself to hate its adherents.