So, out of curiosity, does anyone, from either side of the healer DPS coin, have a direct quote from the Dev team indicating that you're either "only suppose to heal" or "you must use your DPS abilities". I ask because I don't recall the Dev's being so forthcoming about this information.

Any discussion regarding the dev's intent can easily be warped into a pro-DPS or anti-DPS way which leads me to believe the Dev's are happy leaving healer's with the choice or not of expanding past their own defined roles.

And in the case of a healer, your primary role is to mend: