How is it not valid? I guarantee you every competitive legendary, shiny, hard to get item etc. that has been traded to you has been cloned and/or hacked. Smogon seems to believe that all of their members use pokemon that weren't hacked, edited, or cloned when in reality the majority of us do, even if some of us don't realize it. Why? Because they're so easy to get and trade. While some players and GF do not want anyone to clone or hack, it's happened in the past, and it's still going to happen in the future. I really don't understand what point you're trying to make. I don't want to start an argument, but everything in Pokemon gets around fast, like with the Diancie event. It's not about whether you support it or not, it's about how it will be available to everyone else, which it will be.