And cannot have the concentration and memory capacities to indulged in articles which exceeded 1000 words?
There is no need to post the whole article. If you want to draw attention to a long article, simply post an extract and then provide a link for those who want to read the whole thing.
The reason why there is a limit is simple. It has nothing to do with being retarded. It's because forum resources are finite and cost money.
If a 20,000 word article was posted, it would take forever for the thread containing the article to display and loading the page would consume large amounts of bandwidth.
I have bills to pay at the month and I'm trying to keep them as low as possible.