Re: The Elitist Chat Thread
Originally Posted by
Genius of the Restoration
There really wasn't much elitism. It's a criticism that's been thrown at CdeC as an institution regularly. The members who thought of CdeC and citizenship as being truly elite weren't there for the whole time I was involved. People had different opinions about what citizenship should be about, but that's still the case today; there just isn't a beacon for people to rage against it like CdeC. Just about every councillor I saw come through the Curia (and I saw a lot over the time I was a councillor, curator and assistant curator) wanted to do the best thing for the Curia and site. The end of CdeC, with people railing against it and it's elitism, was unnecessarily abrasive and dismissive of the work people had done and continued to do. Rather than address the problem as a question of usefulness and who is capable of judging citizen entry standards, some chose to just attack CdeC. Naturally, some sitting and past councillors took this as an attack upon them and in some cases it was. The way it transpired was a shame because it was a situation that largely demonised people who had volunteered their time. Regardless of what people might have thought about the process and values of the people involved, it didn't need to happen the way it did.
Indeed, I think I've been too light in my evaluations here. Definitely those who have gifted much of their time to TWC shouldn't be addressed that easily and really deserve much respect; not that saying that it was elitist is an accuse, but surely this is not kind. I guess it will be impossible to really understand what it represented without having experienced it myself.
Thanks for the info sir