Marc Riddell wrote:
on 2/19/07 1:33 PM, Rich Holton wrote:
We have to stop this self-destructive cycle. Admins should have respect and be respectful. We need to have effective ways of dealing with admins that get a fat head and abuse their power. We need to diminish the perceived and real chasm that exists between admins and editors.
Rich,
Yes! You are presenting to the condition of the culture. It is interesting, though, that when statements along these lines are made, there is a curious silence that seems to fall over the List regarding them.
I've noticed that repeatedly. Not just on this list, but in a lot of things elsewhere that have nothing to do with Wikipedia. It's as though certain kinds of comments that address fundamental issues just go flying over people's heads. It sometimes makes me feel that I know that I've said something good when nobody responds, or they divert the discussion into a trivial subsidiary issue.
One of my favorite Nietzsche quotes is, "There are no Christians alive today; the last one died on the cross." I think that other philosophers have also remarked how disciples change the nature of great ideas into something smaller. Sometimes when even Jimbo starts talking about reliability and reputation I start to wonder whether he has been smoking too much corporate air.
I still like to believe that the situation is salvageable, and that at some point bold Lancelot will come along to cast the Hinayana from the temple.
Ec