On 4/20/07, Brock Weller <brock.weller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Cascadia: Written policy isn't the only policy on
wiki. Jimbo enjoys whats
gently poked at as God-Kingship because he owns the site,
Nope
its his,
Nope
we do
what he says when he pulls that card in his subtle way.
subtle?
Not because its
really codified, but as convention. Many countries, including the UK, have
constitutional rights that aren't in the constitution,
No. UK's constitutional stuff only deals with rights in a limit manner
(because constitutionally there is nothing Parliament can't do). The
few that are in it are firmly codified.
As Australia found out in 1975 unwritten conventions are exactly that.
The final decider is what is written down.
they evolved as
convention over hundreds of years.
Conventions are written down.
--
geni