Thing is though as a tank or healer you really ARE in control. You don't have to endure abuse. Especially not from DPS, as they can be replaced in a fraction of a second. Just today I was in Brayflox, tanking. For some reason or another one of the DPS-es pulled the first boss and all the adds before the whole group was even inside the arena. Not a problem. I just said: "I'm going to wait here a while." And that's what I did. After said DPS died, I began tanking, and we took the boss down. Everything went smoothly afterwards.

Another reason for the shortage of DF tanks could be the fact that Paladin is terrrribly boring.