You really do like to paint everything in K1 in a great light, and everything in K2 in a poor light, don't you?
You say what the masters did in K1 was for the benefit of the entire galaxy, yet the masters in K2 are idiots because of what they did. Hmm, they did what they did in K2 for the very same reason, because they felt the Exile was a danger to the ENTIRE GALAXY.
They thought (doesn't mean they were right, but we're talking about their reasons here) that the Exile would be the death of the Force and the death therefore of the galaxy, so they stripped him of the Force.
I just find it humorous to read all your posts when K1 and K2 are compared. You make anything and everything in K1 seem to make 100% perfect sense, but then make anything and everything in K2 seem illogical or unrealistic or downright stupid. This thread is the perfect example.
Apparently it was okay for the Jedi Masters in K1 to take it upon themselves to wipe someone's mind for the better of the general population, but yet it was "idiotic" of the Masters in K2 to do the something similar for the greater good.
Funny how things work when seen through rose colored glasses.