It's not mean to insult anyone, new or older members alike. It's intended to say they should all have an equal platform irrespective of join date.
Except cc forums are available to members and non members alike, so when prayers requests or worthwhile topics are raised with thoughtful responses, regardless of whether the op is still a member or not, the discussion and answers still have the potential to reach many other people, including the op who could still be reading, for Christ. None of this is pointless.
That's the rhetoric that was listed as an example "don't bring this up we've already raised it" many people have diverse opinions and experiences to add to topics that perhaps the confines of one thread didn't give too much of a platform to, so they initiated a new one to share their studies on the matter.
It does get really old seeing the same group be pained about any excellent post with a great thread, irrespective of dates.
Brilliantly said.
