Ok it seems we are getting nowhere fast on this, so to address the original issue, have it off by default as that is what seems to be causing the most troubles, yet keep it there for those who need it (ie paranoid IT people :) ),

as in a studio you will mainly be using internal scripts for like rigs and such not much from the external world

also to show the danger to new users put a warning on the download page in nice red letters at the top

all of this is done until a suitable option is available, and dropping python all together is certainly not a viable alternative

now can this argument please end?