I was not lumping you with any 'idiots', I was asking why you need to force others to see colours, and now you've explained, no need for rudeness (:
Anyway,
personally I'm not for more colours, I think the majority who use them, use them excessively (like in automated scripts that enter rooms and say '<ascii crap> I use Walaikum Script 2K4 <ascii crap>', and adding more colours would make them even more colourful. For personal use I strip a lot of colours, but I do care about what channels I'm in have to put up with in general too. Also, as someone who had to use ircle every weekend for months I know how frustrating mIRC colour codes can be interfering with general chat, so to add even more...
My 2 cents
Regards,
