SASless has the wisdom to remember that the aircraft works for you, and you are the boss. That wonderful pile of aluminum and petroleum that we are strapped to needs our brains to fly it, and any red line is fair game when you might crash.
Bob Hoover was dead on - fly the aircraft until the sticks are no longer connected. Protecting an engine from over torque while hitting the water is simply bad head work! In fact, bad headwork has harmed more humans than all the red lines broken by all the pilots who ever flew.