stevertigo wrote:
On 3/20/07, Stephen Bain
<stephen.bain(a)gmail.com> wrote:
And indeed, a constitutional monarchy is the best
analogy for the
English Wikipedia at the moment.
Exactly. And what obligation does a monarch have to explain
themselves, or to document exactly what they can or cannot do. That
would violate the very definition of a monarchy.
Just to be clear again, I don't agree with this. I believe,
philosophically, in the consent of the governed. I think our current
system works well: we are able to experiment with policy without
worrying about a proposal going haywire, because I stand here being my
same old boring mostly reasonable self to serve as a bit of a safety valve.