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Exactly. Going back to the recent post on first gaming experiences, a lot of us were found to have started out with pong and the like.

We therefore have a growing adult cohort of 'native' gamers whose interests deserve to be represented.

Now it's easy to look at political lobbying and see it as a simple dollars-for-votes machine; but it's far from it.

Any good PAC will create around it a body of political analysis to support its views, and at the end of the day political thought that can be translated into a coherent stance for a politician will find more takers.

Yes money talks, but without creating the language so that the politicians can pocket the money and be able to tell themselves (and their electorate) they're being good representatives is the key.

And let's face it - other political movements got started by people taking to the streets. Inspiring stuff. By contrast, nobody (not even Blizz) cares about 1000 naked level 1 gnomes crashing Ironforge on a roleplay server, so it's a good thing if the gaming industry is recruiting some real political thinkers and activists to do that kind of work.

OK so you played it for an hour. I played many more than a single hour during the betas. Now I would be inclined to think that maybe they changed stuff since beta - but in the original post I am quoting the afkgamer article which is commenting on the same issue.
For a further statement on how irritating this can get check out afkgamers third day update. In particular check the map grahic.
Now as for whether this bothers you or not, that is subjective. So yes maybe it is because you are not used to the freedom of movement most MMOs give you, but also it might just be because you aren't bothered by the game mechanic. So if it doesn't bother you - go for it, enjoy, more power to you.