Hehe, this has been fascinating.
So, that cleared up, what would be wrong with a shocker that had 'no' damping in upward wheel travel and only damped on downward travel? An extending spring with no damping would cause a chassis to bounce after a bump so there is clearly a case for damping in that direction but why damp the other way? Surely a wheel can move more fully up a bump with less damping, no?
For the purposes of an answer let's remove cornering from the equation.