It can get crazy on forums sometimes, and it is easy for anyone to get overly hot under the collar or think people are out to get them as it is so easy to read things into the written word.
If all the players were down at the pub together discussing this, it would never get that far, you could see the cheeky grin, or body language or whatever and it wouldn't escalate. With the written word it tends to escalate quickly and get nasty as the nuance is always lost, and the reader tends to project their own feelings into the other persons posts.
It is an interesting point about the board though, I guess once a release is reality, then the board will have to change radically.
One thing seems to be confused though, I don't think a single person has categorically stated that they are unhappy that Lucas is releasing the unaltered trilogy.
There is some concern that it may have been a low quality release, but that it about it. Even the X0 site has a big celebratory statement on their front page.
People may be a little cynical or suspicious, but I think every single person here is happy that the official release is going to happen.