Pardon the rant, folks, it's just that this place isn't always very welcoming to those of us who didn't join in 1998.
I read one time that the number of deaths contributed to high school athletics drastically dwarfed any number of deaths by firearm accidents. Does anyone have that statistic handy? It may have just been high school football, I can't recall. I seem to remember the number of drowning deaths for children was also MUCH higher. Anyone? Anyone?
...and I know what you mean by the newbie bashing!