After btc-arbs down: that concludes my investments in bitcoins and similar crap. I will continue to mine but I will hoard. Just for fun. I will not trade, invest in HYIP, LYIP or NYIP, banks or any other form until you clean this shit.
It is YOUR responsibility to hunt down those scammers and return capital + interest.
How did you manage to come the conclusion that it's Gavin's fault that you lost your coins? All I see is that if you were silly enough to let your greed blind you into 'investing' into this scheme then the only person to blame for this mistake if you. To extend the argument - it's hardly the banks fault if you decide to send all your money to a Nigerian prince offering you a billion percent return per second.
Not to mention that aside from rewriting the code and having the acceptance of nodes/miners (which they wouldn't get) you won't be able to change the protocol in a way that would enable them to return you the stolen coins. Best just to take it as a somewhat costly lesson and move on.