QUOTE(thekohser @ Tue 2nd September 2008, 4:00pm)
All those admins and editors in good standing who have had enough of Jimbo and have had enough of the do-nothing ArbCom, I strongly encourage that NOW IS THE TIME to put it to the test. Go ahead, get yourself banned by Jimbo. At some point it will become a publicity nightmare, he will lose (big time), and you can all get your bits back, or just start over with a new account and probably have them back in a few months' time.
JUST DO IT !
It will only be a publicity nightmare for those actively following developments on WP. Those passive consumers who simply come along to use WP as their source of knowledge will not notice a thing.
Most Soviet plebs were unaware of the officers' purges - why would this be any different?