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.
Woulda been nice if the fork had a feature to let you choose inputs to match the inputs in the corresponding transaction on the original chain. Can't expect forkers to be forward-thinking and responsible, though. Altruism? In a fork of a major coin? Before that happens, Roger Ver will ascend to heaven on a white horse.
Would it protect us to have that feature in Monero? Seems like it would require replay protection on any new fork, because you would have to make the transaction on the fork first.