Excellent thoughts indeed Neil - here is an important topic/problem that the cryptocurrency community is facing and needs to solve. If we don't self-regulate the fiat system upholders will convince the masses that they need to regulate by force to protect the masses - like they protected the west from women and children in the various countries they have destroyed:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-is-why-digital-currencies-need-a-self-regulating_us_5993709ee4b0afd94eb3f5c0