Oh, and one more belated post. The quote is about the "forum" users but it is unfortunately applicable to many of the wider group of "bitcoin users and developers". The quote is somewhat inflamatory and offensive, but the offense is aimed at those, who won't believe that sticking finngers into a fire will hurt until they try it themselves.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43858.msg523997#msg523997I have to believe that one or more of the following three things are true: 1) these people are paid to be here, 2) Bitcoin threatens their very manner of existence in some way, or 3) these people operate with a totally different set of values than the rest of us.
You missed one...
4) Some people who were interested in Bitcoin have seen it attract crowds of gullible fucking lunatics who queue up to be scammed again and again and again. They tried pointing out the stupidity, wishful thinking and maybe even predicted some of the incessant chain of cluster-fucks that more-or-less defines the "bitcoin ecosystem". About the only thing left to do is try and get a laugh out of it.