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