The Cunctator stated for the record:
On 3/25/05 5:43 AM, "John Lee" johnleemk@gawab.com wrote:
Rick wrote:
Oh, please.
Why is it every time an admin does something that somebody disagrees with, it's time to get out the hounds and the torches and go raging after them with the rest of the mob?
RickK
Because admins are expected to be above ordinary users; see [[WP:RFA]] for yourself. People vote on others not only based on their suitability for janitorial tasks but also on how polite, active, etc. the users are.
More fundamentally, it's because people are aware that in the long run, the real disasters and failures of society have come when the people in power fail to be kept in check.
And finally, when all the pretense is stripped away, it's because people are violent pack animals, poorly disguised in a skin of civilization. One scratch, and the murderous howling lynch mob springs out of hiding.