I guess I'm just not getting the argument here. Is this a balance issue? Sure. But, it's one that trivially addressed by a GM based on the needs of his players and his game. As I and several others have pointed out again and again, there's no requirement that you make your players roll on those tables if you don't want to. It's your game. Play it how you wish.
IMO, there's nothing wrong (and a whole lot right) with having game rules that include such tables. While some may think that the results are a problem, they're free to not use them. If the tables don't exist, then those who do prefer to have some sort of random factors for player generation don't have rules to use.
A good game should have such things, if for no other reason then to present those playing the game with that exact choice. And that's a very good thing...
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