User blog comment:KittyNomsYou/Why resort to being mean?/@comment-3242795-20120726222139/@comment-3112181-20120726224247

What John said is the truth, and one of those truths in life that people and society have a hard time accepting. Much like, in a sense, many months ago when John had a blog provoking the question if equality was a good thing. Ultimately, no, equality is not a good thing as society would never progress if everybody was equal. We could not learn from mistakes, and therefore, would not know right from wrong. This is no different. Had everybody in history shared respect for everybody, and simply tried to "be nice", what would have been accomplished?

I realise this is a wiki, and Kitty is only saying for users to be kind and respect one another. But, my point is, if you say this kind of stuff in "real life", your results will be unpleasing, because, simply, despite what morals you may have been told, and how you look at society, humans will never act this way towards one another. It's all about gaining the power; it's all about climbing to the top of the company ladder; it's all about ousting your peers. As John said, it's been that way since day one of human existence, it's that way today, and it will be that way as long as man walks this planet.