Re: a Constitutional interpretation question
On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 02:14:47PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> I add that more Developers should be thinking about questions of
> Constitutional interpretation more often, if they want to preserve the
> democratic governance structures that we have, including ones that
> haven't been weakened by failures to oversee Delegates.
Funny enough, given that we now have more delegates than ever - actually
codifying what the responsibilities of the delegates are. In the past we
instead ran off cabals with undefined responsibilities.
There's never a dull moment I guess.
> To some Developers, such practice may feel awkward, and the muscles of
> parsing legalistic language may require unaccustomed exercise. But it's
> worth doing.
We actually have a person for this. Who can do it when it's actually
necessary.
> ...if we want to keep our democratic form of government.
>
> If we don't, we can expect to be governed by personal cliques, fear, and
> intimidation.
>
> Citizenship, whatever the polity, is incompatible with passivity.
Luckily Debian is not a country. There are other values that'd generally
apply in that case.
Kind regards
Philipp Kern
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