My point is that if 60 million dollars were stolen in Eth without no recourse that would permanently tarnish the name Ether. Nobody would care that the DAO did

My point is that if 60 million dollars were stolen in Eth without no recourse that would permanently tarnish the name Ether. Nobody would care that the DAO did not represent the whole project, the fact a huge portion of the economy was pushed and then destroyed would ruin the brand entirely.