IMHO Andy Driscoll has got it about right. If you want to change the system and its results, here's another way to look at it.
People typically misunderstand the strength of the system's compensating feedback loop. (If you poke it, it crushes you with its strength). Systems love to perpetuate themselves and as they do they build up their strength. The research shows that the most successful way to change a system is not to try to break the system, or stop the system, but to start a small additional feedback loop which will eventually build its own strength and divert energy from the larger system, perhaps one day taking it over. Seems to me that Dean's PRT proposal is along these lines, . . . hmmmm. It makes sense to me to put more energy into these new ideas than it does into what is usually a largely unsuccessful effort to block action. Barbara Nelson Burnsville formerly Seward REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
