I thought we were running a concensus, rather than first-past-the-post system. Perhaps I'm very old-fasioned. Mark
--- Jens Ropers ropers@ropersonline.com wrote:
On 21 Oct 2004, at 14:56, Rebecca wrote:
MHO everything below three sentences isn't worth it, but I know that's currently not the
consensus.
I'm not so sure. A vocal minority decided this,
and to my knowledge it
was never voted upon. A nice coup d'etat, indeed.
-- ambi
With respect, that's a bunch of Mullarkey.
There may have been little turnout on related decisionmaking, but abstentions are a common occurrence in democratic processes. (They actually are a quite normal, even vital part of said processes.) Just because your side didn't succeed in turning out more supporters of your POV, that doesn't entitle you to claim that you represented any kind of majority.
[[If and only if]] you successfully mobilize more supporters than the opposing side, THEN you can lay claim to representing majority opinion.
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