LOGICALLY THINKING there is no other way to interpret such behavior

1. Posts to the site are voted on based on content.
2. Content in PMD is judged based the quality of the post & whether or not monks agree with the proposal
3. Disliked proposals get a negative rep
4. Monks who aren't really really positive about the changes they want are discouraged by the possibility of a negative rep.
5. Proposals that monks aren't really confident in aren't posted because they fear negative rep
6. Bad proposals are stifled (maybe ;) )

How is this bad again? Stop stifling bad ideas!!!

Update: corrected horrible spelling errors.