(Not directed at you Townbizz, I agree with some of what your saying, just being a devil's advocate to the conversation)
I think it's the exact opposite on siccness. Having an opinion is considered hate on here unless it's a positive thing. "Berner sucks" why is that treated any different then "Berner's my favorite"? It's usually a cop out. What if someone was a huge fan, bought all the albums, has all the posters, etc. and said "but that last album sucked" is it hating?
I don't agree with the poster, I don't listen to Berner, but he should be able to post what he wants. This message board is about discussion. On the whole "you wouldn't say that in real life" topic about posting on siccness, well if someone was stating their opinion on music in real life, would you get butt hurt and try to shut that person up? No, why do it online? If anything, if you don't like what a thread is about, you should forget about it and move to a different thread.
And how out of the way is it to post a topic online? I'm not just saying that because you said it but many posters use the "you're wasting your time" or "you have that much free time to post a topic online" comeback. It takes less then a minute to post anything, including a thread, on a internet message board.