I agree with you however, I don't believe insulting people is the right way to argue your point. If the old timers do not want "newbies" to post than that should be part of the rules. They should also not take any new members. These attacks on new people to this site are uncalled for and could possibly hurt this site. Eventually all you will have is people debating themselves because no one will want to be attacked for their views.
I lurked a long time and was familiar with the drill but managed to innocently get on a Masons thread, a religion forum thread and an immigration thread soon after registering...
I was damned, the faith of my ancestors questioned, flamed, doomed, a liberal(that's really the lowest blow), my Texas womanhood was ridiculed...and out of it all I managed to gain a couple of tough old timer friends that I am kind of proud of..
>because no one will want to be attacked for their views.<
Pssst.
FR should not be an echo chamber or security blanket.
FR should not protect "its own", like a family, but via its members test POSTS, not the people behind them.