Why is it a bad thing?
If all miners agree on that well it's more or less the only thing that can be done no?
No, you are right, if this is what the consensus is, then thats what it is.
I'm worried that it seems the impetus is to cut it off before it can be established by the means with which it was originally intended to be reached - by running the software of your choice.
Simply put you can run any software you choose, but when you start screwing with the consensus code where the value lies, you better have a damn good reason and 99% of people backing you up. If you don't, you can expect this kind of a shitstorm.