I suppose if you want to answer a question you have to understand the context, and as with reproducing bugs, you have to know the steps to recreate the problem.
It's not like they're being purposefully obnoxious - no more than when people answer with, 'why would you want do that?'
It's not like they're being purposefully obnoxious - no more than when people answer with, 'why would you want do that?'