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Originally Posted by roob1
A common psychological defense mechanism....projection of blame or blame-shifting, may be one scenario that operates.
So, it is the "snitch's" fault (they are thus to blame), when I get caught violating the rules. This belief allows me to avoid taking responsibility for my own actions.
It also allows the violator to shift the focus from their action (i.e.cross in yard) to the nasty person who has no life and turns violators in.  |
It depends. If the person is simply having a bad day and looking for someone to take it out on. If someone has a grudge and wants to make someone suffer, if someone wants to feel empowered, etc, etc, etc...
Proponents are suggesting that the reasons for reporting are always altruistic and that is not true. I haven't been here long, but I have driven through a lot of TV. There are some violations, but almost all at inconsequential.
I have lived with HOAs in the past and in almost all cases they are run by little people that want to appear powerful.
The approach of complain based reporting here is a big improvement over the "normal" HOA, but it still isn't perfect.
My point still is, that the point of the covenants is to protect property value and appearance in general, not to nitpick over trivial infractions.
And lets face it, "grumpy old people" can be a PIA - and this place is full of us.