Originally Posted by
Rowan
There are many who come here with preconceived ideas about cycling that are open to debate. There are no absolutes to cycling but experience counts for a lot.
Seems like you're equating experience posting with experience cycling. One may or may not have anything to do with the other.
Originally Posted by
Rowan
When those new posters want to argue till they are figuratively red in the face because they cannot see fact, and then get personally abusive...
Inability to see "fact" (who determines fact?) is not the exclusive domain of the new poster. In my mind, that's the fallacy in your position. I agree when debate degenerates into personal abuse, the offending party, whether a new poster or veteran, loses credibility. Maybe I just missed it, but I don't think that's been a problem here. As I've said before, I do think people could stand to lighten up and not take themselves so seriously.