I agree.Hard-forking is a dangerous precedent, I actually didn't think they'd go that route.
It's a dangerous precedent, because it makes one wonder, if someone doesn't like some action in the future, do they hard-fork again?Where does it stop?
I can understand that people were upset because they felt like someone manipulated the DAO thru the Solidity programming contract language, obtaining millions in the process. But I just think this sets a very bad precedent, and shouldn't have been used in this case: Learn the lesson that it teaches, and move on, that seems like it would have been the right move!