Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:17:24PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
> >Nano Nano writes:
> >
> >>From my own experiences at leadership of various things, all I can say is
> >>I have total sympathy for politicians. Put aside the concept of "sides"
> >>(as in "my side is winning") and ask yourself if you truly could do a
> >>better job.
> >
> >
> >Wrong question. Ask yourself "should this job be done at all?" The answer
> >is usually "no".
>
> That was rather enlightening. Thanks for the comment. Never looked at
> it from that angle before. :-)
>
> My pragmatic side says that there's no good way to stop someone from
> doing the unnecessary job, however... so I fall back to the original
> poster's comment... if realistically the job is always going to be
> there, those that have an issue with how it's being done should search
> for those who will do it the way they want or do it themselves. Eh?
I find instructive in these sorts of debates the intellectual atmosphere
of Europe, from 1840 until the USSR in 1917. There have been many
utopian visions. There have been lots of "communes."
It all ends up like Dennis in Monthy Python and the Holy Grail. Be
realistic.
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