Ha, it's not impolite. There's a LOT of wallet gazing going on at the moment.
I am in agreeance with you on penalizing people. It does worry me. I have seen posts from people I like here talk about rewarding people MORE for staying powered up which seems elitist to me.
But at the same time, if you can afford to, it's worth thinking hard what a power down might do to the system and whether it's really, really worth it or whether by holding on, we can maintain what we have here. I would miss it if it was gone.
Sounds like it would create a bubble (even more than we already have): only the users who aren't broke or in some way depend on their HIVE can afford to commit to that, rewarding them more makes them richer, while keeping the poor ones poor. How does that help anyone?
That's what's got me confused. I thought most people on here who could afford it and who had been around long enough to care about the ecosystem were doing it already.