Don't waste your time arguing. I went around and around on this issue and several others last week, and got nothing but derision and dismissal. TheStuhlman did offer to exchange my CAI, but I don't think I've received any CAIx yet (I know it will take time) and I've seen no indication from anyone who didn't lose coins that there might have been a better way to handle the transition. Apparently the devs nailed it on the first try and there is no room for discussion. All coins transitioning from PoW to PoS in the future should handle it exactly as it was handled here.
By now there should be a standard response - and a way to help those who have genuinely lost out. Attacking everyone who is coming here for help and advice is the wrong thing to do and doesn't reflect well on either the coin or the community. Judging by the number of complainants, this is an issue that needs to be addressed - and the first stage of that is to accept that things went wrong.