I will always give as good an answer as I can as I too am of the opinion that the whole point of CC is to share knowledge.
If I don't know the answer I will direct the asker to the stickies as they usualy cover most subjects.
I find the "just google it" attitude to be the least helpful for people who wish to be educated by the older and (most of the time) wiser heads of CC.
If you can't give a simple answer without being an arse on a forum who's sole purpose is education then that's pretty bad IMO.