Witnesses are delegatees, you delegate your stake to witnesses so that they can do the "gate keeping" of the blockchain. We've seen a threat and we have acted to keep the blockchain safe.
There was not a public discussion before that soft fork because of the level of the risk. Seeing this was a huge red-flag for example. Imagine, we discuss this on chain before that, the ninja-mined stake (promised to be stay neutral on a social contract) may single handedly rule out all witnesses, making the blockchain a one-man party.
SF doesn't nullify any account and it's reversible. We just wanted to be safe until we get a direct communication line from TRON side.
I see. I understand what you said. But, I think it is a little bit coercive.
Even if witnesses discussed by themselves (how many people included on discussion), this post includes stakeholders...
Thank you for answering kindly.