I don't think it's harsh at all, I think its completely fair and justified.

It's sad that it had to come to this, but thanks for implementing better ways of dealing with it to nip it in the bud.

Read and understood!

Although you may want to add the Jacket thread to this, I don't go there much so I have no idea if any problems arise there and therefore am by no means trying to single them out, but I don't think its fair not to include that one at least in the "bashing of characters" category (i.e. Kate).