BTC when did the shit-flinging start?

[methusaleh]

So I just took a wander over to /r/btc and as I was reading the same old stuff for the sixtytwelth time ("core bad classic good"... or is the other way around?) I realised the whole big blocks / little blocks thing has been going on for so long in bitcoin I honestly can't remember when it began anymore.

Can someone please enlighten me?