[TrashMan]

I think permadeath and no quicksaves is a good design decision for some types of games.

Agreed.
If it bothers you, then it's not the game for you.

I understand people seeing something they might like, and then campaigning for making the game as THEY would want it...but that doesn't make a better game.
Hell, I'm notorious for save-scumming even in rouge-likes, but I still think that trying to force "one true game design" is a fallacy and a crime.