off-topic:MO for a fee == Pay us to insult you?
I missed the mail, and thus the ensuing discussion concerning making MO a for fee site, so I don't know if any conclusions were reached.
Insulting your readership is not the best angle for a subscription site, though. Having just read this article, it's amazing that even the captions are jabs. With a website that garners this much attention in the motorcycling world, and having this "slashdot" topic discussion forum, people disagreeing with your writing format should be commonplace. Does every flame needs to be argued against to keep the staff mood high?
It does not take genious to paraphrase poetry, or to compare motorcycles to drunken sh*t.
A rant for a rant...