Board Thread:Announcements/@comment-5858210-20141017010713/@comment-5613009-20141017014647

To be honest, I'm busy writing an essay and all but if you guys don't mind me barging in- (since I really haven't been on chat lately due to all the issues and doesn't quite know what's happening fully)

I feel like this is some sort of a White Man's Burden kind of thing you're putting up, Maven.

Sure, we do want people to be treated equally; it's not something that would happen instantly, but we've been getting better gradually (blocking those with a sockpuppet no matter how "friendly" they are with admins or whatever for example), and once Barry gets his Skype back and my exams sweep away we are finishing up the rules, trying to be fair to everyone and every user out there.

But I feel like this is the wrong way to promote the "User equality"; I really don't get why you are just stepping in like you're the almighty one that can solve all the issues here. That's why I brought up The White Man's Burden here, for those who may not know it's basically a poem written by an Imperialist poet saying that it is the white men's duty to impose their beliefs and their civilization onto "uncultured" colonial people.

And that's what I feel like you're doing here. From what I've seen so far, you're acting like you're the enlightenment, the prophet, or whatever, the one that has the knowledge to all and is trying to "open the way" for us or something; to quote you just now, "If I do not, then who will?"

User equality isn't something that one man can just step up and do. Even though the process may be slow, we're moving to the goal as a community because we're working together. And I assure you, you guys will be able to throw your two cents in after the rules are completed as well.

So I really don't get this whole shenanigan that you're throwing here.