wait. i just figured it out! the pie lovers are siding with pie because it has an air of healthiness compared to cake. just because it has fruit in it (sometimes). they're both fattening slabs of sugar, fruit or no.
i am going to give up on this. i love pie too, so what's the bloody point?
i say at the next FOT get together (which will be the first I have ever attended), we serve both in a sign of solidarity.