I don't see price soaring...
And even if it did soar, it would be totally crazy! That simply means the "investors" do so willingly taking away money from "The Attacker" or anybody else they feel doesn't deserve it.
Also, I think this is the dumbest thing they could ever do. It goes against all they claimed the DAO would be and it will put a large piece of bought ether for DAO directly on the market.
Would they fork if my project lost "just" 10k ether due to a fault? No. They shouldn't do it now either.
I couldn't agree more. Ether was doomed the moment people "invested" in a smart contract they didn't understand. The DAO was doomed because of this, and Ethereum was doomed because smart contracts where the only promise they have to be "special".
If you want a central authority to protect you from your own stupidity, go to a bank, they are backed by governments.
I really hope "The Attacker" is going to sue them over this. I'm very curious to see what comes out of this lawsuit.