Well
When gentlemen are arguing about what amounts to the "same thing" eg are unaware that they agree in general, more and more bizarre examples are offered. Those who insist they have "discretion" to reject after V1 really do, but only if the aircraft is unflyable; those who insist V1 means take-off are also correct, and I hope would admit when they have no choice, must do anything and everything to arrest the progress of the flight in a safe manner, to the extent of the crew's training and the incident circumstances. This is what I see having read this thread through.
ATB, Airfoil