Oh lord. I just read the sticky... Looks like I shouldn't have created *this* post either. This has got to be seriously limiting this forum. Since I'm guessing this isn't the sort of place where it's smiled upon for new users to give their point of view, I'll shut back up now.
Please point out what the sticky says that makes you feel you shouldn't have started this post.
My $.02 on this:
The Internet is great because it's Free. Places on the Internet (even Internet-connected devices) fail because of a lack of freedom.
There is freedom here within a code of conduct. So if having rules mean not having freedom to you, then it's obviously your decision if you choose to participate here or not.
WMV vs. MP3?
But... nevermind. I like this forum and I don't want to get banned for expressing myself, so I'm going to sit down and go back to the new user cave. Before I do, I'm going to shout, adamantly, THERE ARE A DOZEN BETTER WAYS TO ENSURE THAT NEW USERS AREN'T GOING TO HAVE A BAD EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY! And, as this will be my last post on this matter, if you see my account disappear, it'll give you a good idea of how things work in the mods heads. And if it doesn't, well then I'll be very pleased to see that there's tolerance of some sort of diverging viewpoint...