Yes, thank you. This is exactly it. This concept - because we are adults who have real life responsibilities most of the time, [some of us] just want to hand the reins over to others who can make the decisions the rest of the time - it's not a concept confined to Internet messageboarding, but it's applicable here. I've made my views clear enough, and people seem to have understood them, so I'll leave it at that.
Cerin wrote: truehobbit wrote:
Giving that power to one person or even to a group of five people means the rest of us are reduced to the status of children, with no concern in the world but to enjoy, and coming to believe it's our right to enjoy without being bothered by pesky responsibilities.
When we first started setting up this board, there was a basic consensus that we wanted to be responsible, <snip>
Yes, I think that's one of the basic conflicts here. Some want the responsibility, others don't (not because they are not responsible people but because they prefer to exercise their responsibility in real life venues, not on a messageboard).
EDIT Ax, did we not all come around what you said in your last post? I'm not sure that anyone disagrees with that. I think that hal's point is entirely separate from that.