Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>]

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 23:31:45 -0500, Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org> said: 

> On Nov 1, 2003, at 22:32, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, but there is a paradox: Consensus on one of the options does
>>> exist. The option just got dropped (failed n:1 requirements) due
>>> to people wanting another option, too. That is, I think, a
>>> technical
>>
>> How the hell would it get dropped if people actually had a
>> consensus and wanted it?

> Given two orthogonal options, A and B, with a 3:1 requirement, and
> the default option C:

	Why are they not in seperate votes, which would be the proper
 procedure? If they are orthogonal, procedurally they should have a
 separate discussion period, ballot, and vote.

> I hope this makes my concern clearer.

	Not really.

	manoj
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