In reply to Peter Knight (@peterrknight).

Hi Peter

When people use a Bootstrap theme they expect to have access to all the frameworks features. For instances they could use a plugin such as:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-bootstrap-shortcodes/
to enable users to place Bootstrap features in pages and posts. It really comes down to personal preference. There is most certainly theme-bloat and features that are not used. To this end you can really only minify the CSS and JS files, which is by no means perfect. By the same token, people will use WordPress and not avail of all it's features.

When people use a Bootstrap theme, by extension they will expect access to most, if not all Bootstrap's features.

Perhaps you'll understand that as a theme author it is not for me to decide how any one individual will use the theme or extend it's features. I personally, think it is better to have bloat than to restrict people by limiting them to just theme-specific features.

All these themes are Open Source so any individual that has the requisite skills can alter the code and omit any bloat.

When developing a Bootstrap Theme for WordPress you are combining two independent and different code bases, which is a balancing act, that involves all the complexities of compromise.

Personally I wasn't aware of all the wonderful Bootstrap themes that are now available on the WP repository.