IDK, I freaked out about the fork when it was happening, but it doesn't sound like a particularly important technical point IMO~.~
It was important from a fundamental perspective, (dev team not as competent as they should be)...
Wow, you're nuts if that was your takeaway from the fork.
How quickly and competantly (and with consensus) it was handled is a testament to how the community can and does operate in the inevitable scenarios where technical (or malicious) issues arise. In sharp contrast to your awful misunderstanding is the correct takeaway; ie, a sense of more confidence in the overall robustness of bitcoin, both from a technical and community perspective.