I'm in total agreement with Alex.BTC here.  I haven't posted in Bitcointalk for a while, but figured I would voice my opinion since there are accusations being made that block size increase supporters are new accounts, shills, etc.  Well, here's an old account, and I also think the bock size needs to go up.  Core could have done so at any moment, but they refused and now we have a stalemate and a split community.  It's a shame.