User blog comment:Amet Revfold/The Power Within/@comment-26388029-20140719211714

Hey. You know what this reminds me of?

The U.S. government.

Why?

Because there's the government, and there's the people. America is a country of democracy, a country of equality. But most importantly, it's a country that's about community. It's a country that answers to what the people want: their happiness.

And we are no different. We have a government: our wonderful chat mods, admins, and other such important officials on the Fanon. Then we have the community: just us regular RWBY Fanon residents. But we do have power.

It's at this point that I like to bring up a certain user: Chaos379.

The veterans of this Fanon know who I'm talking about. But for those of you who don't know, Chaos (also known as Rain) was a puppeteer of other accounts on this Wiki, most notably Hope16. But he was also an admin. It took a hell of a long time to remove him from power.

But you know what finally did him in? Us. The community. We impeached, in a sense, Chaos379.

A user (SemanticDrifter, I believe, was his name) from the Wikia HQ ascertained that WE, as a community, did not want Rain as an admin, and as such, removed him from power. Just an example of how we can be powerful.

Another point I would like to make. Think about what equality REALLY means. What freedom REALLY means.

Equality implies that each of us are equal, and by logic, each of us has the same rights as the other does. Freedom is the liberty to choose what we do, but also respect the choices of others. Why? Because they're free to do so. If anybody violates that, then there's a problem.

But, of course, there must be rules. Limits. We can't just yell "Fire!" in a theater. Why?

Two reasons.

1. It's unreasonable.

2. It disturbs other people.

Both of these reasons are legitimate because of logic and the community's desires, respectively.

Thus, we maintain a balance between Admins and Community members. And in that, we maintain order.

My personal opinion on the matter? I think it's still maintaining this balance, although there are a few sparks here and there. If any trouble comes up, though, I'll look at both biases and judge each side's rights and wrongs, and come up with something that works. That'll be what I'll do. And, IMO, that's what each side should do. Come up with something that works. A compromise, sort of.

This is my say.

-Ray