Rather than allowing franky1 to continue derailing the Veriblock thread, I'm cross-posting it to this cesspit of a topic:


I don't need your consent.  You are delusional if you think I do.  I am under no obligation whatsoever to tolerate incompatible rules on my network.  If you run incompatible rules, I can remove you from my network if I want to.  That is my prerogative.  You are powerless to stop me.  You don't matter unless I willingly acknowledge your existence.  And if I don't like your incompatible rules, I won't acknowledge your existence.  It's as simple as that.  I'm perfectly free to ignore you and whatever the effects of your code might be, activated or not. 

Your ongoing appeal to pity that other people would have to wait for your permission to do something, or that we have to let you stay on our network while you decide whether to break our rules or not is laughable.  None of your childish notions of everyone playing nice together mean anything here.  This is survival of the fittest.  Our ideas evolve and grow stronger, while your ideas are heading towards extinction.

You seem to live in some sort of dream world where your opinions are important and that people should somehow be required to consider your delicate feelings.  Maybe when you were in school they told you you were a unique and precious individual and that you matter or some such crap.  I'm sorry, but we don't hand out participation awards here.  We don't have to care about your feelings.  If you come in last place, no one is going to be there to tell you what a good effort you made.  Grow up.

And finally... you are not the majority.  You are the incredibly small and insignificant minority.  All the more reason why your opinions don't matter.