K4D It's a Wonderful Life

[TrentC]

and the articles on here, which everyone can get for free. I don't see much excuse for not at least knowing the principles and letting them guide the discussion somewhat.

Yeah, but those are just generally excerpts from the books: reading the book as a whole can provide more context.

And most people don't necessarily know about the articles, they hit the forum and ask the same questions that are answered in the books.

I'm not saying it's bad or wrong to not read the books first, only that it would help a great deal.