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On 06-Dec-98 Scott McDermott wrote: > I'm not a Debian developer, just a long time lurker. > > I just have an observation to make: you guys are getting increasingly > *bureaucratized*. Like, massively so. I like all the principles and > everything but I think all this definition and concretism is just > bloated procedure. Are all these addendums, ratifications, voting > procedures, rules, subrules, subsections, articles, et cetera really > necessary? Ideally a "government" is just a social bond that, like > liquid, will flow into the shape of any place -- instead of requiring a > specifically shaped container to occupy (excuse the poor analogy). Just > something to think about. > > And please don't pay much attention to me :) > It's like auto insurance... most of the time you don't need it.. maybe never need it. But when you do, it's nice to have it. If all goes well... the stuff that's being set up isn't going to be needed or even used. Everything can just keep on flowing like it did. But if the liquid start flowing towards the hard drive, we've got the tools we need to protect it. ========================================================================= * http://benham.net/index.html <>< * * -------------------- * -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- ---------------* * Darren Benham * Version: 3.1 * * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++>++++ P+++$ L++>++++* * * E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O M-- V- PS-- * * Debian Developer * PE++ Y++ PGP++ t+ 5 X R+ !tv b++++ DI+++ D++ * * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * G++>G+++ e h+ r* y+ * * -------------------- * ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---------------* ========================================================================= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNmoJCLbps1lIfUYBAQGPDwQAnThxTeNmUyaMAlcRH3LaA6aqr/SOAr8a subQ5aMTRa1i/KzdDWY7N0EmwIkHY4xAYR808OKqP/6VdXtbTKgnAl+rVmoh1zoZ rs/RgNlQE8K1bg3MpwXniVXzaOEQVGdcHNfbtouAzXmdvzObO7t6vPOIEv53oLTe wO0DbjqcefQ= =0Wkh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----