ok... thanks for the info, in that case you guys really should react as it was an attack, what if black hat was paid to create this mess ? no amount of begging from your part will make them change it.
No I don't think so personally. They are just highlighting a hairy problem that was always out there and needs to be addressed. It isn't reasonable to expect no one to ever fork our blockchain. Not if we hope to be one of the big players going forward.