On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 05:55:03PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > We can determine social policy by discussion and, if necessary, by > > voting. I'd rather see consensus, and, more specifically, see the > > soc-ctte spell out the social norms and if the developer body > > disagrees with it, and can't convince the soc-ctte via discussion, > > they can force a change via a GR.
> Voting implies the tyranny of the majority; and I would expect > the social and cultural norms to be heavily biased towards white, > male, occidental euro-american social and cultural modes; since such > is the composition of the voting population. > I am not sure I want to be governed by such a social /cultural > policy. Why do you think the establishment of a "social committee" would have any bearing at all on whether you're subject to a tyranny of the majority where cultural norms are concerned? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
