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I was going to keep out of this, but have failed. He bought a frame, and wanted to cut bits off, and then repaint it. So what?
Argument one: He has desecrated a classic frame, why couldn't he have just left the braze ons on? Following this through to it's logical conclusion, all conversions are an act of desecration, so posting photos of your own "sweet fixeh", albeit with it's braze ons intact proves you are just as guilty of this most heinous crime as he is.
Argument two: We do not own these frames, but are merely borrowing them while on this mortal plane. While not only being nauseatingly moronic, again, if we follow this through to it's logical conclusion we may as well leave the tubes as old man Reynolds intended them to be left; straight, unfetted with attachments and alone (like many on this forum). Maybe that does not go far enough, and the tube should not have been made in the first place, the Great Lord did not intend his fabulous iron ore to be forced to lie with such unholy partners as zinc and vanadium!
Argument three: The frame is now ruined and will soon end up being turned into coke cans. Firstly, coke cans are now made of aluminium. Secondly, the fantastic thing about braze ons is the way they are attached, by brazing them on. Let us hypothesise that the OP DOES come to the conclusion further down the line that he wants to rebuild the bike as Ken intended, but needs to refit what he has removed. All it will take is a few tiny pieces of steel, some MAPP gas, some silver solder, silver flux, and a new paint job. The bike is back to its former glory, OP has done something new and hopefully enjoyable, and the world hasn't ended.
If this has upset you so much, I suggest you buy the frame from the OP and do what I have mentioned above, and stop being such units.