Acac Sunflyier
Burning Star L.L.C.
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Posted - 2012.03.27 20:13:00 -
[1] - Quote
You know, I'm really upset about the nature of the comments in the panel, but am hardly surprised by them. After all, the Eve community dishes out some of the most vile inhuman stuff with "**** cages" being at the low end of the spectrum of what can be said. Some of us are simply shocked that Mittens could have said something like this. But then, we have that this community uses things like "**** cage" to describe warp disrupt bubbles. And, when somebody protests, they're berated with messages of "HTFU."
So I ask, is the Mittani's alliance panel time merely the actions of one person? Or is this a symptom of a larger flaw within the community? Personally, I think it's the later. The community takes great pleasure at being so much less than the best of humanity. To this end, I'd like to point out how the audience was laughing in step with what he had to say about the miner and how he presented it. It' only recently, that there have been calls for his removal/banning. People are seizing upon his vulnerability right now. And there is only one word that can adequately describe this change; Hypocrisy.
Not one week ago, the Jita Park Corner of the forums was packed with threads about the Mittani and how great he is for the CSM and for the community. Now, the front page of the GD is packed with threads calling for his removal and ban. I find it galling that people are choosing now to jump on the "insensitivity towards human weaknesses is bad" bandwagon.
But, perhaps with Mittens, it's something else. Perhaps we have expected him to be better than us by being elected to the C.S.M. As if there were some unwritten social contract that he has to fulfill saying that he can no longer just be one of the community. He must stand apart from us. And Mittens messed up. He has to go, and he has to go right now! Off with his head! He's some how committed a taboo by saying something that gets spat out across comms all over the place. Well, I say enough is enough!
Everybody in the community needs to take a hard look at their own actions before they can call for the Mttani's resignation and/or ban. The only person who has any leg to stand on has already been apologized to publicly and in game. He is the only one who has any right to call for any action for or against the Mittani. I think this was appalling Mittens. I think you should know better! You often call for us to speak to you with a sound and reasonable argument and speak with an air of intelligence. If you really are sorry for your actions, then don't step down. The community needs you to be the chairman of the CSM, even if your character is so much less than the best of humanity.
I would hope you take this inccident and your position in the CSM as an opportunity to role model to the community as to how not to act. |