I guess you didn't follow the due process when creating the account because if you fail to do the requirement needed to create Bitcointalk.org account as a newbie, your account will be showing not enable to post in any forum but the moment you follow the due process to register your account, you will begin to have access to post or reply to any body in the forum.
If he should have such encounter, then he doesn't not have to see it as a barrier when he can simply afford to pay the little amount of money for the evil fee if he does not mind, and he could be as well lucky when the ip address he's using has no evil record.
You can visit your local board to join other newbies to understand some rules you need to know before coming to other section discuss but if you are not comfortable with your local board you can learn the rules in this beginners and help discussion because if you disobey any rules in this forum, you will face the penalty but if you want to grow faster to start developing good post in any section discussion, try to study all those links people have sent to this trend and you will find important things that will change you positively in the forum.
This forum has made it easy on everyone by not enforcing anything on anyone, even the evil fee can be avoided by seeking for whitelisting through application, as a member, you're free to choose where to post, either to identify with the local board or not, as long as all you're doing are in line with the forum rules and regulations, you have your freedom to enjoy your stay here with varieties of boards and discussions.