In the context of this debate, what Satoshi communicated in writing as to his intention for Bitcoin's future block size, is more important than what he coded 5 years ago as a temporary anti-spam measure.
Lol no, fuck that, no appeal to authority will be tolerated as it is not a valid argument form.
all of these reasons, sidechains are not as secure. I recommend you read the sidechain whitepaper published by Blockstream to see the risks that sidechains face.
That's a very cool story, except I was talking about merged mining, not side-chains. Read what I write, you'll save us both time.