My opinion is that legally a hardfork is preferable because in the end far fewer people have been injured. Issuing the Dao contract proved a rash gesture which officials from the Ethereum project have well learned hopefully. The Ethereum project is here to stay because it greatly helps to develop the potential of the blockchain technology. Furthermore we ca see the resilience of the community supporting it. So I am not worried that I hold some ethers, none being placed in the Dao.
Ethereum Reaches (updated) 73,4% Agreement to Hardfork.