Spying is the worst kind of "griefing" I can imagine.
My Perspective: I am primarily a fighter dweeb I'd say. You'll generally find me trying to figure out a way to lift at a vulched field with the dream of eventually killing all the vulchers off. Sometimes I succeed...
Seems to me the strictly furball contingent is hell bent on "my way or the highway" mode while the toolshedders are more in the "to each his own" frame of mind. At least that's my read after scanning this WHOLE thread.
If you don't like what a given group is doing, make it your mission to stop em. That would make for some intense gameplay if they're having the huge impact that has been implied. I really doubt they're saying "let's go pork this field to piss off the furballers" every time, or anytime, that they plan a mission.
If you're participating in, or condoning spying for any reason, YOU are the scourge of the neiborhood in my book.
These threads come and go as often as the large, organized groups that cause them. Get over it!....