We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour.
The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace.
It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.