There you have it, right there, it is just that, a game, and with this new rule, the traders on this game are going to find it alot less enjoyable most likely.
I mean, sure, let it happen, try it out for a time, as I said before in a different thread, you will never know for sure until you actually try it, but it doesn't take trial and error to see the potential problems.
And yes, I do think most of the people pushing for this are mostly pirates, just like me and the others pushing against it are mostly traders. If I was more of a pirate, I would probably push the other way, as Daedric said, we're all hypocrites when it comes to these issues being brought up. Not saying that makes it right, but it does.