If R2-D2 used Ethereum.

C-3PO: He made a perfectly legal move.

Han: Let him have it. It’s not wise to upset a Wookiee (The Ethereum founders).

C-3PO: But sir. Nobody worries about upsetting a droid (a regular contract user without influence). Han: That’s cause a droid (regular contract user) don’t pull people’s arms out of their sockets (hard fork the entire crypto currency and call you a thief) when they lose. Wookiees (The Ethereum founders) are known to do that.

C-3PO: I see your point, sir. I suggest a new strategy, R2. Let the Wookiee (Ethereum founders) win.

With Chewbacca's and the Ethereum founders' behavior, you would be a fool to play their game again thinking that they follow the rules.

isn't it a bit disingenuous to say it was just the position of Ethereum founders? People wanted their money back.

It's almost as if some recourse for actions done in bad faith is a useful tool to have as a society...

Of course, people also want to take back losing moves in chess. The whole point of Ethereum was that the code alone specified the contract.

But code is written by humans... have you ever seen code with no bugs? In 20 years of professional development I have not.

Given that humans are imperfect, and could even potentially act in bad faith, isn't it reasonable to have an exception clause? I get the argument to not have one; that it's impossible to have favorites and central figures manipulate the system, but nothing is perfect.