The comments here (which overall are measured and reasonable relative to elsewhere) lead me to believe that this "us vs them" combative mentality will continue. It seems as long as there are two chains, supporters of one will still be trying to attack and hope for the demise of the other, even though I share your hope that the opposite will happen.

> bitcoin-core

Who is this? who can "decide" to make changes in the original BC protocol. As far as I can see, no one can.