[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[Anthony]

On 6/16/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/16/07, James Farrar <james.farrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > She probably didn't reply because she (understandably) saw it as an
> > attack, not a question, it being the first she'd heard about it
> > (AIUI).
>
> Well, no. The first s/he heard about it was when s/he first used an
> open proxy to edit.
>
> It's kind of odd to attack someone for asking, during your RfA, why
> you're violating policy every single time you make an edit, yet want
> to be in a position where you can block others for policy violations.
> It's hypocrisy. If you want to change policy, argue for that change
> openly and honestly; don't sneak around in the night.
>
It's not hypocrisy to violate one policy yet want to be in a position
to enforce others.  OTOH, it is hypocrisy to pretend that you believe
in a rule but let people get away with breaking it without trying to
do anything about it.