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?

>You're assuming that the licensing costs somehow go to paying everyone that was involved in the production of the anime in the first place.

What are you even talking about? I never said that. You're just making that assumption and then ranting about it like it somehow disproves my argument. If you're >>20 I'm saying that your idea of "The price of the anime DVD releases in north america are artificially inflated in order to have comparable prices to the native japanese prices." is incorrect. Which was what my rant is about. Please read carefully next time before you go on some tirade that doesn't deal with what I'm addressing.