stevertigo wrote:
On 3/20/07, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@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.