I agree with everything you said but
If everybody on the list agrees except for TC, then that is consensus.
It seems to me that as long as somebody *strongly* (strongly meaning not "mumble mumble, I am not very happy with this...", but heavy unhappiness), there is no consensus.
For if somebody disagrees absolutely with a decision, he/she might feel like his/her only option is to leave. And if he/she leaves, it's a loss, and it's not good (of course, I don't mean here that tc would leave :-), but others would)
Besides, that would require to define a "level" over or under which the number of very unhappy people is acceptable in terms of consensual decision or not. How many people have been expressing their views here ? say 25. How would we decide 1 over 25 is an acceptable number to ratify a decision and say it is consensual ? Why would it not be 10 over 25 acceptable rather ? Or why not 12 ? (that would make the 49%)
If you enter into a "number" process, that's voting.
What do you think ?
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