It's nice to see at least one other person hold this viewpoint.
You should check out what I wrote about it while it was happening.

@edicted/playing-devil-s-advocate-why-steem-hf23-is-not-theft

@edicted/remember-when-blocktrades-explained-how-a-fork-is-not-theft-and-you-ate-that-shit-up-like-it-was-candy

Hive went to such great lengths to prove that a hard fork is not theft... and this lawsuit is trying to claim the exact opposite. Of course the situation is a bit more nuanced than that and I argued the other side as well.

@edicted/flip-flop-time-steem-hf23-is-now-theft