here's what it boils down to. either the bitcoin network is self regulating, it works, and theres no need for all the "ZOMG 50%" crap or the bitcoin network isnt self regulating, and no amount of "ZOMG 50%" crap is going to save it from collapsing.
Tycho has done nothing but make a great damn pool and people are going out of their way to punish him for it.