Don't you love it when a post turns into a MASSIVE can of opened worms?
Actually, what you've done is to spark an interesting and honest discussion, and I applaud you. So please, oldbies, let's not ruin it now by griping about how we've talked about this before, and everyone else, please don't make it deteriorate in some other way. We need stuff like this.
Playful - I see your point, but the problem is, Brian and Roger are NOT technically Queen. The rock band Queen officially disbanded after the release of Made in Heaven. Queen is now only a symbol - I hate to call it this, but a brand name, if you will, that goes on Greatest Hits albums and the occasional reunion project (ala Rocks). Hollywood Records, or whoever they're with now, owns Queen. The name itself is a symbol, and it should be respected and treated as such - which, IMO, means not using it to attract people who have only ever heard WATC to a concert that, in reality, does not even feature the writer of the song. All dedicated fans would know what "Brian May and Roger Taylor, featuring Paul Rodgers" meant.
Back to John. I've put in my two bits on this issue. But since you changed your wording to "let down," Night Lord, I don't know if I'd say that either. I certainly wouldn't object to seeing him again, but I'd be far more let down watching an uninspired middle-aged man who is only there because he can't get enough of the good ol' days wandering around the stage looking lost, than I would be a man who gave us 20+ years of kick-ass bass playing and chose to bow out with dignity when he knew the time was right. When there's nothing left in you to give the world, you have no choice. If BM and RT still have something left, that's fantastic, and more power to them. But if they don't, it would be best for them and us if they would follow their bass player.