Why I love and hate the software-testing group

There's a group on Yahoo for software-testing. It claims to be a
group that focuses on context driven testing. But when it comes to
dealing with questions posted to the group, they rarely take the
context of the question in to account when providing an answer.
A recent poster asked for a simple way to explain the difference
between retesting and regression testing. This is a fairly simple
concept. However, this group turned it into pages of argument and
discussion on semantics, theory, and who's the latest guru of all
things test. No one ever answered the guy's question. I finally did,
in part to give the dude some info he could use, and partly to see how
quickly they will rip me to shreds as an interloper and, therefore,
lesser person.

I love this group for the same reason. Theory and semantics are
fascinating topics to me. I could spend hours arguing the merits of
which vocabulary word is best in which situations. But I think a
simple question should first be given a simple and respectful answer,
then let the battles rage.