Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:26:16 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> Cc: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The recent fracas involving danes, war axes and wounded developers Message-ID: <199812290726.XAA16273@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:10:52 EST." <19981229001052.C43500@mad>
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> On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 11:00:34PM -0800, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > > > > Obviously there is room here for formal abstinence, justifiable failure, > > > etc., but the principle being that if core is expected to be a working > > > > Thats sounds great specially if the -core member's vote is recorded. > > Ah, the myth that voting is good. I have more respect for the person > who abstains from the next election b/c they aren't sure what party to > vote for than for the person who votes b/c some advert on TV said > "excercise your right to vote". > > If a -core member doesn't vote, maybe they have a reason... > > If they never do nothing, they might as well not exist, so who cares > anyways? Abstintence is not the same as nonparticipation. But it's a common mistake to make. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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