Actually what we raiders want is harder content, that takes us longer to complete, to get our gear so that it's more prestigious (instead of clicking one button and logging off for a few hours)... Not sure how wanting to work harder equals wanting it handed to us on a silver platter...
Now granted, I think people are making a bigger deal out of this whole gear thing then it really is. The raiders are still going to have the best gear with raiding mods and money is easy to come by in this game so buying augmented gear really isn't that big of a deal.
However, I find it terribly ironic how we've been telling people "if you want the gear then do the content (ie: raid)" and casual people complained about us saying that... aaaaand yet here you are (a casual player I would assume who throws around the word elitest) using the exact same statement... funny how that works.