The Ultimate Brakeless/Front/Rear/How many brakes? thread

I wondered yesterday, when I saw two hip dudes on their brand new creates, do some people remove the rear brake on SS's, just because 'everyone's doing it man'? That is to say, are SS riders removing their rear brakes, just because they see a lot of riders without a rear brake, without actually understanding that they have a fixed wheel?

Maybe. I saw a hipster-esque dude on a geared bike with no back brake the other day, you can't explain that using logic!