Absolutely! Totally agree Foo.
I'm like you and I've written loads of MK Wii codes on the back of A4 sized envelope from T-Mobile

(T-Mobile, I know, Sod them)
But this is a classic example of Ninty shooting themselves in the foot here. They could easily offer a better online service however they are too caught up in protecting children from kiddy fiddlers
Nintendo put parental controls on Wii's for a reason, to give us the choice of going online freely or restricting certain features.
Looks like Ninty have already made that decision for us
