If people aren't willing to mine to protect the value of the coins they own, they deserve for them to be worthless.
I have quite a few FTC. I keep them on reserve for my game. But I'm not a miner. Should non-miners have to become miners for a coin to succeed? It's not like one can just flick a switch and suddenly know how to do mining well. Some (day traders) like me simply have no idea what's involved with setting up the hardware, software for it, etc.
If FTC is going to die without novices botching together some hashes, then please tell me so I can just sell up.
To extend the argument further, should my grandfather have to learn about mining, to protect the value of his 2 btc?