Well, whoever wanted to split the community the way Gavin and Mike did, DESERVES TO FAIL.
You talk to people if you want changes, you do not introduce parallel BTC.
Do you also dislike having several political candidates to vote on?
Having a choice is always good and we need more of that. This is how open source works.
There's no need to have Bitcoin controlled by a single developer group, in fact it's dangerous and we should always be able to fork / move to another client if necessary. (more options the better)
You have no need to worry. The BIP 101 fork will only happen if a good majority of the Bitcoin economy thinks it's better. If it's worse, then it won't get adopted.
It's not good to have such a fit (shouting with all caps) over a freedom to choose.
At this stage of BTC infancy, where this tech is still young, trying to force this kind of division has endangered the entire BTC project. These guys know this and STILL they ve been ready to risk the entire BTC existance over this.
There are many political parties. What s next, let us all have 5 different versions of BTC so each of us can use a different one. We already have those, they are called ALTcoins. There s no need to try to split BTC community. If they wanted an altcoin, they should ve try to make an altcoin. In my book, these 2 fuckers only wanted a piece of glory for them. They failed and now they can kiss their credibility goodbye.