Whose value was stripped? Everyone like me that hunkered down and defended the network got paid out FAT

Those who were the target of the latest fork were stripped, many of whom are responsible for that FAT payout. While it looks for now like for many of us it indeed is the

best thing to happen EVER EVER EVER.

I imagine that those who had large amounts stolen in that fork might disagree.

Money can't be stolen from you, because the overwhelming consensus of the network is that would be fucked up and another fork would happen and we'd all make a shit load of money all over again while the attackers would get burned.

This is the disconnect in our views too. I think it was incredible what the group who put this together were able to pull off. I've read of several splits since joining and they all are worth shit with no community. What if they hadn't pulled it off this time? What if this incredible value hadn't occurred? But they still had their assets stripped from them?

This idea that forks can strip wallets of their holdings and it is to be accepted, and perhaps celebrated raises the hair on the back of my neck. One can't assume that there will always be a new fork to rectify if this were to happen. Or that the new fork would hold any value if it did. The precedent being set here that it's okay to take others assets because code says so should scare many from ever reaching into their wallet to buy in.

To play devils advocate here, suppose Hive wasn't created, or it was and it flopped as I suspected it would as I never envisioned us getting on exchanges of note. What would your take be then on say someone like Dan losing the million he paid out of pocket to buy in? Would your view on this getting a pass still stand? Or if he forked all of our stake out and there was no Hive?

Done beating this dead horse, you really don't have to answer. This whole thing sits so wrong with me, and while I came out better than before, no way can I not see that the 64 accounts in question weren't fucked and it isn't right. Not mad at you, although the tone might suggest it. Just mad at this idea that code would allow for theft being considered correct.