You would have much more credibility in this thread if you provided solid technical reasons why HAL is bad rather than stomping your feet while saying "I don't like it!" Please provide a technical reason why HAL is unacceptable.
HAL causes enough technical problems and negative side-effects. Just Google for that.
But don't shift the focus away to "Is there a technical problem?" while the real problem is the /whole idea/ of HAL.
Long time Linux users require choice, transparency, and CONTROL.HAL is the complete opposite and now it is needlessly enforced per dependency in Debian.
One "Hardware Abstraction Layer" (the Linux Kernel) should be enough.People who want more than one can install Ubuntu which is a good distribution.
Dirk