Guettarda wrote:
On 4/10/07, geni wrote:
On 4/10/07, David Gerard wrote:
And never mind the actual question RFA is supposed to answer.
RFA is kinda set up to work on the basis that the person has not been an admin before.
Absolutely. That idea has been floating around in my head for a while, but it hadn't managed to crystallise.
One feature of the process as applied to Danny is that he has had time to make enemies, and many of them are particularly unforgiving. Anyone who takes a principled stand takes the risk of making enemies. I voted in support of Danny, but I admit that I had to pause to think about it.
In the present circumstances the person most likely to win adminship is the person who dutifully does what he's told. He throws spears at perceived trolls, vandals, and the civilly disobedient; he throws soft candy at ineffectively compliant newbies. He lives in a ticky-tacky homepage. He is the kind of liberal that the progressives of the 1960s used to complain about. His impeccable lawn is dilligently protected from any imaginative weeds that might disrupt his orderly world and cause change. When baking he prefers using powdered eggs because they never need to be broken.
When a Danny moves into this idyllic suburb, and questions these values, the neighborhood phagocytes go into action.
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