Q:

Why doesn't undo-ing your 1st down vote take away Critic badge

Possible Duplicate:
How do “badges” work? 

I was awarded Critic badge on Stack OverFlow after I down voted a wrong answer. But then I noticed that it cost me 1 point so I undo that (which is not the righteous thing to do, I should have stuck to my vote). Why do I still have Critic badge?

A:

This is the behavior of all (non-tag) badges, not just that one badge.  Once you meet the condition(s) for the badge it is awarded and it will never be taken away (automatically), even if those conditions are no longer met.

