Shortly my dear chap
Seeming that you are so delicately sensitive, I would have expected you to be able to read.
Where in my post did I say that the ban was a red herring? What I said was that the issue of upgrades is a red herring. The two issues are quite different.
There seems to be a body of thought that those currently employed at CX are a bunch of hypocrites for continuing to take upgrades. What I was trying to point out is that accepting upgrades is the only way to preserve CX employment as a career for all. You talk of militancy and arrogance, I see measured restraint and as I said before all would gladly hand back the upgrade if it was required to settle the issue.
I do not wish to get into a debate on semantics as to whether the glass is half full or half empty but as far as I am concerned (and mine is just one opinion) the ban is not about stopping people seeking a job at CX but about allowing them to make an informed decision with all the facts to hand.
Life is too short for scab lists and and all the bile. It is unlikely that anyone joining in the current environment would forever be banned from anything. As history in the US has shown people mellow once things settle down.
I am sorry I lost the thread you were trying to weave in your last few sentences. Would you care to have another shot at translating what you are obviously trying so hard to express.