The general consensus was that ACP was the lesser of two evils, the other being simply leaving ourselves unprotected against attackers.
By whom? The developers and main holders? Of course this would be attractive to them. In the same reason the US implemented the Patriot Act under the guise of protecting the country. atomicchoas, Feathercoin still loves you 
And I love Feathercoin, although that gave me a slightly creepy cult vibe... Anything that keeps LTC difficulty down is great to me, plus the propping up of the market has been nice for mining.
That said, what is the formal plan to notify people when the central console is utilized? What can you provide besides "trust me", that the central console is not used or accessed for any other purpose?
You had your chance for a say but as you can imagine we never had these debates on BitcoinTalk as there are more people throwing stones than trying to be constructive.
You don't learn from those that agree with everything you do, you learn from those that don't.