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On Jan 23, 2008 7:23 PM, Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> Wulf C. Krueger wrote: |
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> > On Monday, 21. January 2008 19:19:12 Steve Long wrote: |
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> >> And when 90% say they don't like the way they get treated by Gentoo |
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> >> devs, there is a real issue. |
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> > "The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with |
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> > the average voter." - Winston Churchill |
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> > s/voter/user/ |
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> Churchill also said democracy is the worst form of government: apart from |
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> all the others. |
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> He also questioned why anyone should worry about Arabs being gassed in |
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> Mesopotamia, so maybe you can just speak for yourself; would you prefer to |
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> live under Saddam, Amin or Hitler than a democratic government? |
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These statements on governance are completely irrelevant here. They |
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apply to large countries with populations in (at least) millions. For |
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small communities of several thousand (very small countries ie), |
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direct democracy works best. But even that is not relevant here, since |
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the responsibilities of a country's leaders are very different from |
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the "responsibilities" of a volunteer-run organisation. |
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`Responsibilities` is in quotes because you cannot really "police" an |
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organisation that works for free in it's free time. |
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Hence, a combination of meritocracy and democracy is the best way to |
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run these. The basic tenants of democracy of "equality" and "freedom" |
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have no meaning whatsoever in this context. In fact, I'm tempted to |
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invoke Godwin's Law at this point. |
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This is a *completely* different situation, and one simply cannot make |
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generalisations such as you have. |
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~Nirbheek Chauhan |
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