You got to love Mark Karpeles.
Here's a man who doesn't mind taking the entire world (well: btc world) with him on the way down, as long as it buys him an extra day or two of breathing room.
Sometimes I think E.Mucus is right: bitcoiners are among the most psychopathic creatures on earth.
(I don't really agree. But we have our fair share of psychos, i'll say that much.)
I wake up today to $100 prices in btc-e and gox diverting blame to the bitcoin protocol itself. That word you used is scary but apt to be true. It is the only explanation for such an absurd excuse. Its like those movies where the bad guy tries to take everyone out with himself included.
Question: Where is all the profits Gox accumulated in the past year? Surely they have enough money to pay people back.