[WikiEN-l] User:Neutrality NPOV/Abuse of Administrator Power

Fri Mar 25 14:31:53 UTC 2005

The Cunctator stated for the record:
> On 3/25/05 5:43 AM, "John Lee" <johnleemk at gawab.com> wrote:
>>Rick wrote:
>>
>>>Oh, please.
>>>
>>>Why is it every time an admin does something that
>>>somebody disagrees with, it's time to get out the
>>>hounds and the torches and go raging after them with
>>>the rest of the mob?
>>>
>>>RickK
>>>
>>
>>Because admins are expected to be above ordinary users; see [[WP:RFA]]
>>for yourself. People vote on others not only based on their suitability
>>for janitorial tasks but also on how polite, active, etc. the users are.
>>
> 
> More fundamentally, it's because people are aware that in the long run, the
> real disasters and failures of society have come when the people in power
> fail to be kept in check.

And finally, when all the pretense is stripped away, it's because people 
are violent pack animals, poorly disguised in a skin of civilization. 
One scratch, and the murderous howling lynch mob springs out of hiding.

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