Well I can sooth your worries, EddieZ will never be a mod or directly have any of the powers you are discussing, all the mods are, as stated, on the payroll. Which is also why this debate could rage stupidly all weekend, without someone coming in and doing this.
I understand your upset about the 1.30 fiasco, as you have been told a new firmware is on the way restoring IEEE 802.11b.
What do you hope to accomplish here, or what do you want out of this?
It doesn't bother me if you all act nasty at each other all day, but it tends to offend the sensibilities of those that sign my pay checks. As such unless we have a more meaningful line of discussion than which analogy is better I see no reason to leave this open.
As far as I can tell the original post has been answered and discussed to conclusion and all that remains is a certain amount of an ego battle between certain parties. Prove me wrong, what remains unanswered?