I like your thinking on this Oldman! Your thinking aligns with my developing philosophy that Bitshares should be positioning Bitcoin as an ally (at least in these early stages) and not as an adversary as we tend to do now.
I agree. This is key to getting bitcoiners to keep an open mind and investigate bitshares.
The following is how I came to buy my first bitshares:
* The blockchain technology is amazing!
* Use the blockchain technology for currency, and you get Bitcoin!
* Use the blockchain technology for stocks and you get.....BITSHARES! Hey look, they pay dividends!
This is how bitshares needs to be presented, imo. Bitcoin = your currency. Bitshares = your stocks (and commodities, and futures...)
The name is perfect for making this connection.