It might have been your idea of fun but I think that it had everything to do with the idea of power to you, Calandale.
Power? Nah. I'm too lazy to enjoy such.
If the people who did not like the fact that you were trying to run the World Council continued to just let you do as you wished, then all the polls you started would have continued to pass with very few votes, you would have continued to declare those polls a mandate for still more rules, and very soon Intensity² would have been more like all the other message boards than it was allowed to be the very thing that made it so different.
I would have been likely to try and find
some divisive issue with those who did
enjoy. The point is the debate and the
process, more than some particular result.
I, for one, would have been bored to not
caring, if everyone agreed with me.
And, PROCESS is what all the polls were about,
in the end. They weren't touching on things
which effected what ordinary members could do.
That would be against the principle of the site,
and actually amount to treason, in my view.
I don't agree that no harm came out of it.
Harm did come. People took it far to seriously,
and allowed a GAME to color their feelings about
one another. Bad idea. I've seen it happen before
though.
Maybe they didn't like the way you would snipe all over the board if anything was not going the way that you wanted it to go: For example, the way you went on and on about the stupid fiat rule you started out of spite; using it to justify Hadron making you an administrator and then when he was called on it and he promised not to make anyone an administrator again, Hadron making Scrapheap an administrator;
This 'sniping' was an attempt to explain what was
going on, when people started whining about the
actions that Hadron was taking. All within our rules.
You should take responsibility for voting FOR that
crap. I was just making a point about you. One you
essentially proved by voting in favor.
you actually saying that Hadron deserved a medal for deliberately doing the wrong things;
He SHOULD have just killed the rule,
under the rule, as Dunc did. But, he
did underline the problem with it, quite
clearly, allowing others to perhaps learn.
Too bad you haven't.
as well as your Robespierre screen name, avatar, caption, and signature.
Robespierre was a bloody tyrant. This is me poking fun
at the perception that some have of me. Not only political
lessons, but humor seems wasted on you.
Whom exactly do you propose killing here? Dunc? Odeon?
Down with all tyrants! Seriously, that was the closest
to an apropos quote that I could find. Pity is treason
is nice too, but didn't refer to the situation as well.
Are you comparing yourself with Robespierre?
In jest. See above.
Do you really think that you are "The Incorruptible"?
I am to corrupt to be corrupted.
Are you going to tell the members of Intensity² that you had no idea that Hadron was planning to make you an administrator when you had not been elected to the job? It would have made absolutely no sense for Hadron to make you an administrator without you having some idea what he was planning.
As I told you, I was aware, but did not urge.
He floated the idea, soon before he did it, and
I told him that I'd like to see the panel, but couldn't
expect him to do so. However, no matter what, I see
no inherent corruption HAD I asked him to - since 'twas
within the rules, it was the same as asking you to change
my custom tag.
