Or do I have to go around door to door peddling the glories of five frames of lightsaber fixes?
Can't we just all agree that MeBe and Zion and whoever else are putting the work into their versions so they can do whatever they see fit to those versions?
Can't we then also agree that if somone would want a purely unaltred laserdisc version then there are already a few straight LD transfers available?
I really don't see what the big deal is. It's not as though Zion or MeBe are running around destroying these other versions. Also, your comparison to works of art such as Picasso paintings is also out of proportion. Even if you disagree with what they're doing, MeBeJedi and Zion aren't "destroying" original one-of-a-kind versions, they're "destroying" prints of them. They haven't broken into the AFI vaults and burned the original Star Wars negatives. They aren't breaking into people's homes and smashing original trilogy laserdiscs. They're putting time and effort into making transfers for themselves, and then out of the kindness of their hearts, letting us have them for free.
So, seriously, I know I'm new here and have an inferior post count to you, but you should probably calm down and get some perspective on what you're so worked up about.
Or, you know...don't.
*shrug*