On 11 June 2011 00:15, Nathan Edgars II <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you're being deliberately obtuse
That's amusing coming from somebody who thinks he can inhibit the use of data he has declared as PD, but let's carry on... >, but I'll continue to assume > otherwise. In a democracy, there are no personal consequences for voting > either way. One's vote is counted, and *the final tally is the only thing a > vote counts for*. If yes voters and no voters are treated differently after > the vote, it's not a democratic vote. Switzerland around the same time held a referendum on whether to ban the building of Minarets. I expect that many Muslims voted against the ban. The referendum was carried. No voters _are_ treated differently after the vote. The vote was democratic by any definition. It happens to be IMO a very dark incident for democracy, but that doesn't take away from the facts. > Hence the new license acceptance > process is not a democratic vote. Your definition of democracy does not seem to accord with mine. Where did you get it? Dermot -- -------------------------------------- Igaühel on siin oma laul ja ma oma ei leiagi üles _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
