Come now, only Anaris is bitchy and then usually with good reason - it does make good reading.
Solari aint like that.
You trying to bait them certainly will not help matters nor change their answer.
Devs = Word is Law when concerning the Game. Only Tom could even overrule them, and I am certain he wont if someone starts insulting his Devs, who are volunteers as far as I understand it, who works damn hard to keep the game working as smoothly as possible.
Stue, you need to separate your characters from the player and take it easy. You asked your question, Anaris gave you the answer from Dev and Code point of view - accept it and move on.