Console wars

I've been reading around a lot about the different next gen systems and it seems to me that there's a lot of hatred going around, people actually fall into insulting each other because of which console they back. Can't people just get the console they personally prefer? Is it really that hard for people to just get the console with the games they like without critisizing someone else's choice?

I mean yeah it's ok to argue about why you preffer the one you do and I'm not talking about that, i'm talking about the so-called fanboys who tear at each other for liking different consoles. I've seen people post on Halo forums, things like "HalO suXors hA HA LoLLLL" why?

I prefer the 360 as I like Xbox Live, the games being released and the power the system offers at a price I personally find reasonable. I dislike the PS3 as I don't take interest in any of the games so far bieng announced for it, the price and the online is untested, as for the Wii I'm not interested in the games their either and the power is a let down where I personally preffer a more powerful machine.

I know lots of people can express their views like that but it just gets at me that some people insult each other over the consoles they own or plan on buying...