I forgive your ignorance. Many people have looked at the code and run away screaming, because it is so horrible and evidently upstream does not care as they keep adding horror to it. Many people have sent patches upstream, only to be ignored for years. Phk himself has looked at and criticized the code before Heartbleed, as have many others.

When a bug like this hits the news all around the world, it is a good time to make sure everybody knows it is not just some once-in-a-century instance of the inevitable shit happens in an otherwise good project. Getting everybody to realize it is possible to do better is one step towards making it happen.