User blog comment:TheManOfIron/Bye bitches./@comment-1816862-20100724044420

When glancing over the inter-wiki antics of these two, I couldn't help but notice an underlying theme in regards to their behavior and reasoning. These characters seem to not understand one of the most fundamental concepts of not just this wiki, but of the internet in its whole. Simply put, the use of this wiki is not a right. It is a privilege to doled out at the sole discretion of the administrators and the wiki staff. From a different perspective, these authority figures are quite charitable. Rather than only letting a select few to edit the wiki, they open up wiki editing to not just the average user but to anonymous users as well. Clearly, the amount of freedom allowed is enormous. Sadly, more freedom is not always beneficial to a society. With increased freedom comes decreased "security." This incident highlights this fact. These malcontents' shenanigans disrupt usual wiki operations and leave emotional trauma in their wake. Such total freedom to edit at will clearly has its disadvantages. Wikias employ admins in order to help reduce damage made by instigators such as these. These admins, by design, reduce the freedom made available to users. This limit on freedom is not a bad thing, as without it the wiki is vulnerable. To use the analogy comparing Bondepedia's actions to those of Stalinist Russia, Stalin's totalitarian government did indeed severely limit the freedom of its citizens. However, this cost came with the benefit of increased security. According to the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, drug abuse and violent crimes such as robberies and murders greatly decreased in occurrence following the institution of Russia's large internal police force. In this case, the crimes in Russia parallel the destruction caused by users when given too much freedom. The only way to curb the damage caused would be to limit the freedom made available to the population. What you should take away from this is simple: accept the fact that limitations on freedom are sometimes for the benefit of society. Remember that all rights given to you by your government are merely privileges that you are allowed to have until they are taken away. Throwing people in prison violates their basic rights, however they have lost these rights by jeopardizing the security of society. Accept responsibility for your actions and realize that the rights you are so quick to remind us of are not absolute. They are agreements between members of society; rights do no exist tangibly. [/end tangent]