Thanks for your comments, I appreciate your time and promise not to rabbit on much more.
For me I think I understand your point of view, however just because you wouldn’t be prepared to take those risks (and for the record, neither would I without a bang seat) doesn’t mean that you are an unprofessional or ill-disciplined pilot, however I gather that not much is going to make you change your mind so let me leave you with this.
I fly a warbird, the biggest one, will be a Wanaka this year as I was at Omarka last year, I teach at Adrmore and have the odd drink on a Sunday afternoon at the bar with the "give it death" people.
From my direct experience, you are wrong with your assumptions about them.
As a relatively experienced professional aviator, I always respect my environment, machinery, assess my risks and encourage all my students to do the same so please take comfort in that.
Cheers Wombat