I am not at all surprised that my comments on this forum are not well accepted. Before bitcoin came along I was (and still am) one of those people who preaches a
literal interpretation of The Bible, against the entire world. It has never been my goal to fit in or make lots of friends. My goal is strictly to tell the truth, no matter how offensive it may be.
Pretty sure you've got that backwards. You latch on to the most offensive drivel you can find and then make a decision to interpret that drivel as truth. Then you jump on your high horse and spout said drivel. It's no wonder you're such a fan of Mircea-Next-Tuesday.
There isn't a single thing that you, Davout, Mircea-Next-Tuesday or any of the other #bitcoin-asshats can say that doesn't give the the immediate impression that this is a power play on your part. You honestly see yourselves as gatekeepers trying to keep out the lowly peasants and it's sickening. Now is not the time to raise the drawbridge and shut everyone else out.
It's clear what you're hoping to achieve. By keeping a 1MB limit, you guarantee a decentralised and secure system for yourselves and force everyone else to place trust in an off-chain, third party service and risk getting screwed over. Anyone who adopts crypto from this point forward will not accept a second tier service because a bunch of elitist crackpots think a little too highly of themselves. That's why the fork is going ahead.