On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Marc Girod wrote:
>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kulveit <jk-wikitech(a)ks.cz>
>>>
Jan> we would like to elect something similar to ArbCom on cs
Voting is a bad idea.
In general, and especially in the context of Wikipedia.
Voting is a sickness of democracy.
[...]
Bush supports voting. That's what he means by democracy.
It is said that democracy is the worst government system, except for
all the others. If you can come up with an alternative to voting for
ArbCom or whatever vote on Wikipedia which is simultaneously morally
superior, possible to implement and with equal or better results feel
free to propose it.
That trite old platitude about democracy has nothing to do with it.
Suggesting that democracy implies voting may be comforting for those
with a fetish for politically correct moral superiority. In most cases
any alternative is better if it strives to find a common ground between
positions.
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