The cocky douche bag was beating a dead horse by rubbing his victory on the loser. However, he preceeded to raping a dead horse by talking trash to the loser for the next 20 years.
If everybody thought the same, then they would all bet on the same horse, then nobody would make any money. Hence, different views make horse racing possible.
Dan: "Everyone goes home from school for the weekend to be with their mothers, its lame."