Erik Moeller wrote:
Ray-
It's the idea of voting on such a thing that
is wrong. When you use a
vote to restrict the way that others function, that is a tyranny of the
majority.
As opposed to a tyranny of the minority?
Tyranny relates to the imposition of the tyrant's will on the activities
of others. As long as the pro-Klingon minority does not require that
others participate in Klingon activities they are not being tyrannous.
Elaborate votes
with complicated processes should be limited
to things that matter to everyone. Most of us aren't really concerned
with what the Klingons do in their proposed 'pedia. We're content to
let them do their thing.
If you (and I'm using the singular here) are content to "let them do their
thing" then I fail to see why you would not vote in favor of a Klingon
Wikipedia. The "never get anything done" argument is quite absurd given
how much time we have now wasted on a discussion whose only effect appears
to be to harden the respective positions.
My comments here and on Meta are my vote.
It's not just the Klingon discussion. We can all survive one or two of
these without serious damage. The problem comes when we are confronted
with a multitude of demands to vote across a broad range of subjects,
many of which would otherwise be totally infamiliar.
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