I'm suggesting if people in the appropriate working group feel as if a particular solution to a problem (regardless of how old the problem is) wasn't given due consideration, the notion of "speak now or we'll ship anyway" is not productive. I don't believe that Google in particular is a bad actor in the standards community. Far from it! I do feel as if something as fundamentally paradigm-shifting as Web Components needs care and thought to be done correctly and respectfully. Saying "we're going to ship this solution ASAP, any last-minute objections" puts unnecessary stress and time constraints on the task of making the best, most useful solution possible.