At 00:55 05.01.2002 +1100, you wrote: >On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:04, Ceki Gülcü wrote: >> 1) Elect a PMC with real power, power to intervene and take painful >> decisions, until the next elections. > >-1 power would be abused and misused. If power is what you want you are not >going to get it by donning a skippy badge but earning it through respect.
Power can and is abused. Knives can and do cut through flesh. Knives can also be used to cut bread. I have no problem delegating legislative power to the members of parliament as long as its members were elected for a limited length term in fair and square elections. >> 2) Instate a system based on referendum, where the public can directly >> intervene in making laws. By "public", I mean developers with commit >> rights. > >yay - popularity contests! That would be sooooooo much fun. Who is talking about popularity contest? What popularity contest? >> To avoid keeping voting on the same issue time and again, a wait >> period of 12 months is necessary between two referenda on the same >> or nearly the same issue. > >And maybe we should elect a committee to determine whether issues are too >similar and they can break apart into sub-committees to determine the >viability of holding a referendum to determine if two issues are dissimilar >enough that another referendum could be held for the issue. Laugh all you want. Referenda are great. Ask any Swiss citizen. >> 3) Keeps things as they are and hope for the best. >things as they are are for the best. People do things because they see that >it is the "right" thing to do for them - which usually means it is >technically the right thing. Sometimes it takes time (it took me 1.5 years to >convince one apache person of something) but most things work out better in >the end. > >At times it is infuriating when someone else is doing something stupid but >forcing them to change is not the answer - for one you may be wrong, if not >you are probably going to cause resentment - not something healthy for the >community. I really don't like paying taxes but I do. I would be great to live in the Bahamas, drink cocktails and fornicate day in day out. -- Ceki G�lc� - http://qos.ch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
