Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting
On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 09:47:04 -0500, Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org> said:
> I think I just realized something... Due to the supermajority
> requirements, given my favorite ballot:
> A: strike SC 5 B: trivial C: strike SC 5 + trivial D: further
> discussion
> If my true preference is CABD, I should vote CADB or even CDAB. I
> should do this because A.6.3 makes my vote for D count against B
> (and A) three times.
A supermajority requirement is a requirement for a rough
consensus. By putting D ahead of the options you do not like, you
are effectively rejecting the possibility that that option could be a
valid solution to whatever we are voting for. Vetoing solutions is
not a great way to achieve consensus; but consensus is not something
that can be forced.
manoj
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"Okay," Bobby said, getting the hang of it, "then what's the matrix?
If she's a deck, and Danbala's a program, what's cyberspace?" "The
world," Lucas said. William Gibson, _Count Zero_
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E
1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
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