Are you guys being obtuse because you actually disagree with what I'm saying, or because I'm the one saying it?
To answer your question, PaperLuigi, I want the same thing from him as I want from all members. Quality, interesting talking points, posts that contribute to discussions instead of deterring or halting them.
Did ShadowBrain do anything wrong? No, I don't think so. He went with the flow of this topic. This topic just happens to be awful.
I'm running out of ways to explain this, so I'll ask the question a third time: "What benefit does the author or any other member get from posting/reading posts that don't contribute anything at all? "Getting it off their chest" is all well and good, but if that's the inevitable response, I have to ask do you really think a public forum is the appropriate outlet for that? There exists live journals, blogs, twitter, and facebook for that sort of thing.