Well towards getting some kind of reasoned response from Coin Validation I tweeted a link to Alex Waters & Yifu Guo for the above thread. Couldnt find their email, but their twitter handle are easy to find, and they appear to be very current.
https://twitter.com/adam3us/status/401104148558397440Adam
I think I speak for many in saying thanks for your input Adam, it seems to me there are too many business minds involved in the decision making of Bitcoin whose only concerns are the profit for themselves aspect.