Anth?re (but forced to be only "Anthere" on [[fr:]]) wrote in part:
>Recently, many people were proposed to be sysops. They
>were mostly sold the "trust" display, rather than what
>syosp really is (a police force). The more sysops
>there are, the less trust will be granted to non
>sysops, imho.
Why do you think that sysops really are a police force?
What do I, as a sysop on [[en:]], do that makes me a police officer?
If you equate sysops with police, perhaps the real problem
is that sysophood isn't being implemented correctly on [[fr:]].
--- Toby
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HelloBoth an answer to you and Daniel
There is nothing insulting against police in what I say. Police is necessary imho. There are all types of people in policemen. Mostly regular people, some very good people, and from time to time a couple of bad ones. Like in every profession. But amha the role of the police is double (that is only the way I see it) first police enforce the rules made by a group, and second they may have a role of mediator between people, trying to de-escalate violence display (this is a practice in poor suburbs in France, I have been living in such places at some point). Of course, mediation can be done by other people, but I believe it should be one of the tools the police should use to maintain peace. Not only punishment.
But police do not make the rules themselves. They, as citizens, participate to the rules being made, but no more than any other citizens. That is not their job to do so, but a privilege.