I think your aesthetic sense in this case may have been affected by years of pro-pi propaganda. The 'beautiful' equation requires a rearrangement (i.e., moving the -1 to the other side), which is a bit kludgy, to say the least. Moreover, the superior (IMHO) version in the parent comment can be put into words in a rather compelling way: the exponential of the imaginary unit times the circle constant is unity. (If you're still hung up on the appearance of 0, just add it to the RHS. ;-) The same can't be said for the standard version.

P.S. Please email me if you're interested in pursuing this further; I have a project (launching June 28) that I think might convince you of the error of your ways. :-)