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I think this is the best way to go. Your argument is a valid one, Damned, but getting super pissed about it isn't solving anything. I think everyone wants to make sure that the server as a whole can function, given that it's been on a hair's breadth of shutting down now for some time. Give it a few days, we'll get things stable and do some research, and find out whether duping is going to really cause problems or not.
On the other hand, I don't find your cries of hypocrisy in the case of the tool glitch (or the torch one for that matter) to be particularly fair. As far as anyone knows, and there's been no presentation of evidence or hearsay to the contrary, those glitches do not affect the game or the server in any way. Caution in regards to duping, regardless of the reliability of Fireslash's sources (which none of us have any way of judging), seems justifiable.
In the meantime, why not open your own mini-server? Right now there seems to be some problems with it (I'm not sure why it won't recognize that the server is open from the same IP at the moment), but I use it constantly when it works as a way to test new construction options before utilizing them elsewhere.