Hey I just think Vovik has a personal vendetta against all hackers and hates them all with a passion which is understandable considering how detrimentally they can affect the quality of play.
It didn't seem to me he was particularly mischaracterizing the response he received. As moderators or admins acting the role of a representative of a larger organization personal repsonses can often times be misinterpreted.
If its ones own personal view than perhaps some disclaimer or clarification should also be included. Words can be tricky, and in the hands of people who represent organizations it no doubt becomes neccessary to provide concise statements of narrow interpetation reflecting the standards of the organization and not neccessarily personal views.
Some people do take rank and stats seriously in this game. Some people have to be competitive in order to have fun Others can have fun without becoming obsessed with stats and rank. I say to each its own. Let people play the way they want to play.
That being said, however, the ranking of Hackers are merely an annoyance and its not exactly the end of the world. But it is an understanable annoyance to those who take stats and rank seriously as a facet of their game. In the long run hackers will get weeded out and hopefully we will all move on to better things.