User blog:Bourgeoisie/Little rant

Just wanted to write a little rant on something that sometimes bothers me here. It's obnoxious when moderators, or any user for that matter, starts enforcing policy on another user expecting them to know all the site's policies. Sure, in the ideal world, everyone will have read and understood the policies before being here. But the thing is, people don't do that. Never assume people know the policies or expect them to know how you expect them to act/contribute. Most people probably haven't read nearly all the policies and guidelines here, and frankly there's no reason for them to. It's not like every user here has read all the state and federal laws that affect them in real life, nor have they likely read any school code of conduct of theirs during their gradeschool years, nor do they likely read suggested instructions for most products they purchase. Generally it's not required to read policies/guidelines anywhere in order to comply with them or to do things correctly. Using common sense generally is enough. So it'd be great if people didn't tear newer or less familiar users to shreds when they slip up, as if they were expected to know every little thing not to do around here.

This has nothing to do with recent events or anyone in particular. I just felt like ranting about something. ^_^