This may sound stupid, but what if we want to make ChanServ talk? Or make MemoServ join a channel and harrass somebody? Nobody's gonna write a plugin for that, and it sounds (note "sounds") innocuous enough not to do any damage. *shrug* Unless somebody really really wants to write a Plugin for PRIVMSG, SWHOIS, etc...
I've always been curious though, if anybody would mind answering, what is it about the RAW command that is so dangerous? Why does it cause services to act weird, disconnect, cause South Africa to sink into the ocean, etc?