I'm not too sure about this either... the more you get involved with and into a particular scene the more complex it seems and the more subgenres become apparent - this is true of any type of music. I imagine that on average people who post in this forum are just more likely to notice 'divisions' within techno than other forms of music, simply because they're more knowledgeable and passionate about it than they are about, as a crap example off the top of my head, RnB.

I may be way off here but I can't recall seeing many posts on this board that are just angry, negative attacks on a particular style of techno that somebody just doesn't like very much... of course people want to promote and develop their own particular sound, and discussion with other people in the scene - even if it does get quite heated - is surely just going to help that whole process. Regardless of how passionate an argument might get between say, someone who's into their hard crunchy loopy stuff and someone who's an acid techno head I'd bet anything that they'd stick together like glue if a blinkered indie fan waded in and started shouting that all techno was sh*t!

On balance I'd say that all the arguing and discussion in this forum is a healthy way for people who love techno as a whole to expand and develop the scene as a whole - it's all for the good and doesn't mean that anyone sees anyone else as "the enemy" (except maybe in the sport forum!). Basically, I reckon that the "divided" appearance of techno you refer to is just a good sign that people are still passionate about it and are still trying to do new things within it...

Anyway, that's my 2p worth - anyone who disagrees and genuinely thinks I'm a bad guy because I own some stay up forever records feel free to shout at me all you want ;)