Re: JS & trust?
Money talks - louder than you...
Seriously: How else can you create those bells and whistles which will dazzle the victim while you run off with his wallet? JavaScript is the only random code people routinely download from the internet, and willingly run on their computers hoping for some "awesome" singing/dancing gizmo feature. If you remove this, Web 2.0 is dead and we're back to Web 1.0: Hipsters will drown themselves in their double venti organic, chocolate brownie, caramel frappucchinos.