xyz: Thanks for that link, and even though I don't exactly understand the technicalities, the CSV reference of Gmaxwell's earlier post is more clear.
It should have already been done two years ago! If you can't even take basic action on this issue - then nothing gets done! The endless stalling on behalf of Core is obviously counterproductive.
Even if that's true. Now it's too late, we have 7 billion $, and those should not be risked on foolish and irrational decisions.
RealBitcoin: You are giving way too much credit to Chopstick's assertion about something to have been done 2 years ago. This something (purportedly raising the blocksize limit) was not done 2 years ago because it was neither needed nor perceived to be needed nor perceived to be urgent. Surely other people had differing perspectives and thought such a raise in the blocksize limit was needed or perceived to be needed or perceived such an increase to be urgent... those people who thought that an increase was needed lost because they were not able to muster up enough support for their position - furthermore they continue to whine and to assert the same position over and over and over.. that it should have been done.. blah blah blah.. and we should not concede such points to them because the assumption underlying such position are without any merit.
But, yeah RB, I agree with your point that changes should not be made willy nilly to bitcoin's protocol, and merely for the sake of change when $7billion is directly at stake, and there seems to be around $20billion invested around bitcoin (maybe some of that is also shared by alt coin investments). http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/05/24/cryptocurrency-market-bitcoin-worth-19-48-billion-2016/