You introducing a system that imposes a form of taint does nothing to prevent theft but does make using Bitcoin a hassle for those who are innocent.
Therefore I do not support this and will vigorously reject any movement towards this initiative and any like it.
Would you consider a proposal that involved no taint to be like it?
I'm not sure what you are describing so can't answer that.
Would you consider a proposal that does nothing to prevent theft but reduces the benefits to the thief (without taint) to be like it?
I'm trying to develop a sense of the philosophy behind BC that you hold.
Here's a proposal that would be acceptable. Let's say Bitcoinica claims coins are stolen. I trust Bitcoinica was honest in that claim. The very first spend from the thief happens to be with me, in exchange for, oh ..., say Liberty Reserve. I stiff the thief by not sending the Liberty Reserve, but I forward to an escrow the bitcoins I received until Bitcoinica and the thief work things out.
That's acceptable. I will take any heat I receive as a result.
It is possible the person I am trading with was not actually the thief though. Perhaps that party I am dealing with exchanged cash with the thief and got the private key in exchange. That would be stupid to do and I would argue that the reason for transacting in that manner was more likely than not an effort to
launder the stolen money to me [edit: transact in a deceptive manner with me]. And that wouldn't be acceptable to me.
Also possible is that in my hypothetical scenario, Bitcoinica wasn't actually defrauded. That's why I'ld send funds to an escrow so that further details could be brought into the light.
That's the philosophy I hold.
[Update: I probably didn't win any brownie points with that response. But I did mean to qualify that as something I'ld find acceptable to do only on 100% (not 99.99999%, but 100%) pure coins that were claimed to have been stolen.]