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Tijmen-
What kind of loads are on the piece of steerer between the two headset bearings anyway?
Significant. If you hit a bump, or brake, and the front wheel tries to go forwards then the fork legs will try to bend backwards. The steerer is constrained by the upper and lower headset bearings, but there will be quite a lot of load on the bit in the middle, which is essentially what's stopping the fork legs from disappearing under your bottom bracket. Headset bearings are only skinny wee things and won't resolve those sorts of forces.
Brommers
If it makes anyone feel worse, I was planning on using a Hylix fork from China.
Given that's reason enough to be wearing a gum shield, I don't think I'll go ahead and drill the steerer.