Why are anime fans against buying anime?

Out of all the hobbies and fandom out there, anime fans are some of the most backwards people I know. It's the only fandom I can think of where it's members actually encourage each other NOT to support the very thing they love. Why is that?

>>6
Not necessarily.  Once a license is obtained, there are no market forces to encourage quality translation, as the show will be marketed

The main reason that buying anime is so unpopular in north america is because of the pricing discrepancies.  The price of the anime DVD releases in north america are artificially inflated in order to have comparable prices to the native japanese prices. 

It's like if PS3 games went to go for about $120 instead of $60-ish; even fans would bulk at paying such prices, due to games on competing consoles costing only half the price.

>>19
This is completely false.  Heck, DVD sales is where a lot of their revenue comes from.  Which is why shows that get good ratings are not usually considered successful if they don't get good DVD sales (Dennou Coil is a good example of this).  This is why fan service shows are so predominant these days; because they tend to get decent DVD sales.