So . . . remind me how this is different (fundamentally) from /var ?
/media - all the removable media and silliness there.
And why isn't /mnt adequate for removable media?
www.pathname.com/fhs/
and here is the list of changes and the bugs where these were discussed.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/announce-2.3.html
I don't think talking about whether or not we like them is useful here. It is the fhs and fedora core should be compliant with it.
-sv