Why not? Having duplicate threads takes up valuable bandwidth that could be used for something else, and sometimes (often, actually) these are threads that did not die out a year and a half ago but are still current. Also, it's plain laziness to ask the same question over and over again rather than attempt to find an existing answer to it.
Also, these are most often not thoughtful, inciteful questions but are rather of topics that could be titled with "A question about [whatever]", where the answers can also be found by a glance in the books.
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