From owner-cvs-all Tue Dec 29 00:21:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA07571 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:21:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07565 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:21:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id SAA02782; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:50:30 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id SAA33558; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:50:34 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981229185034.Q32696@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:50:34 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith , Mark Murray Cc: Tim Vanderhoek , committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The recent fracas involving danes, war axes and wounded developers References: <199812290807.KAA53084@greenpeace.grondar.za> <199812290811.AAA16487@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199812290811.AAA16487@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 12:11:16AM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message