Evad1962,
You are pretty close to "on the money" with your observations. I would agree that shooting a wedding "Leica Style" is every bit as 'dangerous' as shooting "Mr Kamber Style". Be it upon the reader to decide where my tongue is.
The only equivalent risk absent at the wedding is the risk of death, and even that IS a possibility. (I have seriously faced that).
Paraphrasing something I said somewhere, as have others; "The M8 has some very specific values that can be brought to an assignment, along with some specific shortcomings. CLEARLY, the misuse of the camera when the shortcomings are a distict problem can ONLY be blamed on the photographer.
That is not negotiable. Outside that problem scenario, the M8 is excellent. Craftsmen choose their tools wisely.