I'm now going to switch back to "BIP101/XT died for our sins", because it will be clear that it did, should the block size increase.
Nope, block sizes are dead certain to increase at some point and they always were. But if you feel better believing in the tooth fairy, feel free.
A Pre-emptive strike!
Yes they are, and if you want to believe that mike, gavin, XT and BIP101 had nothing to do with making that happen sooner rather than later, then feel free.
I like how you portray me as having all the answers yet you pretend to be absolutely right about this one.
Let me guess, you feel it in your guts, right? You're just going to ignore that it was Matt Corallo that engaged the debate on the dev mailing list and that two months later Mike & Gavin decided they wouldn't play ball anymore and decide to stifle discussions and launch their failed coup?