Bitcointalk advocates Bitcoins only for mindless reasons. IT doesn't believe in superior technology, it just sticks with the legacy.
Migrate to
http://cryptocointalk.com/How is it mindless? This is
BITCOINtalk after all. Sorry it seems so biased to you.
How many kids in the alt sub-forum misuse tags anyways? There are forums like cryptocointalk that are purpose built for your favorite alts.
I miss the days when there was actually some interesting discussion about ideas here.