Larry Sanger wrote:
The dangers involved in the *current* context are highly overrated and much too much worried about--since *yer the man* who does the banning in these cases!
I can understand of course that you want to openly admit the dangers of a slippery slope; this is because you rightly want people to know that it's extremely important that the power not be abused.
But as a matter of fact, we--the vast majority of us--do trust you, and those of us who do not either don't know you, or wouldn't trust *anyone* with the power (most likely on purely ideological grounds).
I think that's all correct.
But one reason I do have the level of trust that I do is that I've erred too often in the direction of cautiousness and an avoidance of banning for too long.
What I mean is: I know that my inaction has at times caused pain for good contributors. I should have moved more quickly. However, I think it is nonetheless likely for reasons of policy *and* personal inclination, that my being slow to ban and quick to forgive will continue to be a nagging minor problem. :-)
--Jimbo