Fairly certain that most people scream :"FORK! FORK" not because of principals, but because of pure greed. There is no stopping ASICs whether you like it or not. Adapt or die.
Amen. Gpu miners have had it too good for too long. They buy gpus, make a killing , then sell it for the same price if not more then they bought it for. Try doing that on a 2 year old asic. They are about to find out what real losses can be like.