Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:25:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The recent fracas involving danes, war axes and wounded developers Message-ID: <199812290825.AAA16574@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:50:34 %2B1030." <19981229185034.Q32696@freebie.lemis.com>
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> On Tuesday, 29 December 1998 at 0:11:16 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > >> Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > >>> 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". > >> > >> In this country (ZA), one would "spoil the vote"; you scrawl "screw > >> you" or some such on the paper. This way your ballot cannot be > >> stolen/sold, and you have exercised your democratic right to _not_ > >> vote. > > > > Yes, but remember that North Americans like to think that apathy is the > > way to go. .za and .au and many other .uk colonies recognise that > > making people vote makes them at least take an interest in what's going > > on. > > > > ... and that's why failure to particpate in -core (or -management-body) > > business should disqualify you from the body. > > Because it's like .za or .au? *thwap* No. One problem here is that parts of -core are moribund. The expectation is that -core is performing some sort of management or steering function, but that's not happening. Either core gets "fixed" so that it starts working, or we take those functions away, leave -core as a political body (nice watch), and give them to a body which is constructed such as to ensure it remains active. -- \\ 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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