yes, it is another scale.  It was >$70 million on 17 June,  (https://etherscan.io/token/TheDAO) just paid by 11000 investors or so



Can't agree. I sure read it often by now, but what is the point really?  
Read my initial post, start and "3."

As said a blockchain does not sustain itself
Open source software is constant subject of change transparently and trust is build on this.

it requires human consensus.
Consensus == Integrity.    

If the ethereum community thinks the theft harms integrity and wants to undo it to restore integrity, that is it.