Re: [wg-review] The Number 2 Problem (solution)

["Chris McElroy" <watch-dog@inreach.com>]

There are flaws with every system, but there is a huge flaw in not having
one at all. Therefore the KISS peinciple is still the best answer, IMO.
Chris McElroy aka NameCritic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roeland Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: "'Bret Busby'" <bret@clearsol.iinet.net.au>; "Chris McElroy"
<watch-dog@inreach.com>
Cc: "Greg Burton" <sidna@feedwriter.com>; <wg-review@dnso.org>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:05 PM
Subject: RE: [wg-review] The Number 2 Problem (solution)


> If it were so simple, a simple majority would suffice. As it is, even
simple
> elections (non-authenticated) give me cause to pause. A lot of us have
been
> trying to get it down to KISS, but it isn't easy. There are real concerns
> with that.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bret Busby [mailto:bret@clearsol.iinet.net.au]
> > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 5:19 PM
> > To: Chris McElroy
> > Cc: Greg Burton; wg-review@dnso.org
> > Subject: Re: [wg-review] The Number 2 Problem (solution)
> >
> >
> > Chris McElroy wrote:
> > >
> > > Then in that case we will have to have a definition for each.
> > >
> > > Strong Consensus = ?%
> > > Consensus = ?%
> > > Near Consensus = ?%
> > >
> > > and whatever other definitions you wish to come up with
> > making the process
> > > more difficult for the average person to understand. If
> > that is anyone's
> > > goal here, to make things more complicated, then I retract
> > any agreement
> > > about consensus at all and go back to where I started in
> > line with Karl's
> > > thinking. One person, one vote.
> > >
> > Forgive my naivety, but, what is wrong with a simple majority?
> >
> > Are elections not won, using simple majority (when voting for a
> > representative, who gets the most votes, wins), and, are referenda and
> > plebiscites, not decided, by using simple majorities?
> >
> > How many seats would be left vacant at elections, and, how many
> > questions in referenda and plebiscites, would be defeated, if a 2/3
> > majority was required?
> >
> > To me, a simple majority, is the simplest, and, most expedient, way of
> > deciding an issue.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Bret Busby
> >
> > Armadale, West Australia
> >
> > ......................................
> > "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll
> > know what the
> > answer means."
> >  - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> >  - Douglas Adams, 1988
> > ......................................
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