Well, I take "insane" as a compliment :) While it is true you can emulate the traffic by looking at web server logs, it was crucial for us to send the exact same request including the same HTTP headers and request body (think POST requests), in real time with the same access pattern.
It was easier for us to write EM based proxy like this than writing a web server plugin that does it, etc.
It was easier for us to write EM based proxy like this than writing a web server plugin that does it, etc.