If you look at my posting history at all you'll realize I'm not a "twat" about anything. This game is largely populated by European players, many of whom do not speak English as their first language. As languages vary, it's entirely possible that the way I took the statement was not how they would have taken it based on paradigms in their native languages. Thus I explained how I read it so you'd see my point of view. If explaining myself after you question how I arrived to make the statement is offensive to you, then I apologize.
As for the money, I can see where you come from, but I also have to play devil's advocate. They've stated they'd like H&H to eventually be commercially viable. They want to make money off of this. I'm sure they'd love if the game took off some day and they could devote themselves to it for a living. It is a game, and we're being allowed to play it for free, yes. However I don't see how that makes it our responsibility to keep it online, or to pay for anything. They will have to pay for things out of pocket, they likely already have, and I'm sure they know and understand that. Any business you try to run, or hobby you try to do, will have investments to be made. Our donations should be made because we appreciate what they do and we want to "pay" them a bit, so to speak, as a thank you. We're not financially responsible though for keeping their project up. They'll have plenty of costs that come up, and it's pretty much unavoidable that if they're really serious about this, they'll have to pay out of pocket for things.