No
Photography is always about 'light' (you said you knew that
)
You want to freeze motion which requires a lot of light in a short space of time, that means lighting (flash) equipment.
That's all perfectly logical.
The problem is you started from a position of 'superiority' asking esoteric questions about cameras, it took a while to realise you were actually completely ignorant of the craft, and that you don't like to admit it.
There's a dozen 'what camera' threads a month, they only rarely turn into a bunfight, and it's generally because the OP comes with preconceptions which are incorrect.
Amazing photographs have been shot on equipment nowhere near as good as the worst DSLR on the market today, I've got tons of gear but I'm yet to take an 'amazing' photograph, I'm the opposite of smug. Taking amazing images is hard, people who assume it's easy are obviously going to bristle photographers.