On Jun 2, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
Sam Ruby On 09-06-03 01.39:
Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
Hi Leif,
Your response takes the tone of a conspiracy theory. Things like
your use of the word "hegemony" and your apparent belief that the
Design Principles are an elaborate plot against the profile=""
attribute make it hard to evaluate or respond to your feedback.
In the past you've lumped Rob Sayre in the same "hegemony" as Ian,
yet Rob has stated his strong opposition to many of Ian's actions
as editor, and even wrote an alternate HTML5 draft that makes
different decisions on what features are in or out.
I can assure you that the Design Principles were not written with
profile="" in mind. As one of the editors, I personally do not
care either way about profile="", and I've certainly not made it
my mission in life to stamp it out. In fact, if it were up to me,
I would make use of profile="" conforming, if only to remove the
need to argue about it further.
I suggest you resubmit your feedback without the conspiratorial
tone.
I also take exception to the use of terms like "hegemony" (hey: am
I in on it too?), but would also like to add that public-html is
intended for technical discussion. People have a hard enough time
keeping up with the bandwidth as is, meta-discussion such as this
one should be taken off list, possibly copying www-archive in order
to allow others to see and/or refer to it.
I'm sorry that I did not notice this reply before it was repeated in
the public html list. I did not speak about 'hegemons' but about
'hegemony'. I'm sorry if this term is less clear in the Anglophone
world than I thought. Usually, though, I think one uses more
neutral words about formal leadership.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony
The article you cite says hegemony means "the dominance of one nation
over others", a "type of empire, wherein, the imperial state controls
the subordinate state with power". This is not a value-neutral term. I
find it absurdly overwrought to compare practices and beliefs in a
standards group to imperialism in international relations.
I'd like to engage with you constructively, but sometimes it seems you
are more interested in railing against what you see as the power
structure of the group, than in helping the group make progress.
Regards,
Maciej
