Why submitting an essay to register is stupid

Having to submit an essay to join this website is a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very , very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, stupid idea and is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very ,very, very ,very ridiculous. I do not want to submit one of my own essays and give up all legal rights to it. Who dumb enough would ever do that? No offense if you already have. That's ok. I didn't know I would be givin...