Touche!
Where do we start with yet another "anti-Cirrus-and-their-dumb-pilots".
The chute is a safety device. There was a thread running not so long ago with a link to a COPA presentation discussing the merits of the use of the chute.
Everyone who has used it within the limits has climbed out and walked away. Not all of those who thought they could recover / make a forced landing etc were quite so lucky. Sure, the field looks relatively flat but how many on here could safely say (whilst still above 1000ft) that it was definately flat, firm enough to land on with no pot holes? Probably very few, if any, I suspect.
He did the right thing, pulled the chute and walked away. End of. The aircraft will probably be repaired and flying again in the near future.
C'mon guys, change the record, these "anti-Cirrus" threads really are getting a little long in the tooth now!