Max Hyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Watch out for loaded words. The decision was indeed > ``political'' in that it was put up to a vote, but > `politics' has negative connotations that I don't think > apply here. Each person voting, whether pro or con, was > voting out of principle, not because they'd been bribed, or > because they'd been forced to follow the party line. They > were deciding what the party line was to be. > > This is politics at its best, and has no connection to > the operations of the U.S. legislative or executive > branches, which is what the word `political' is loaded with. > > Indeed, better coordination in the transition (notably > pointing people toward the excised documents) would have > been a major improvement. However, ``because of a political > decision'' sounds like something derogatory. In what sense > do you mean for people to understand that phrase?
Firstly, I disagree that the word 'political' is loaded with connections to the US legislative or executive branches; that is a parochial view. I am from the UK, why would I make those associations? In this instance, Debian the community of developers and package maintainers, has made a politicial decision and then taken a mandate for action from that which overreaches what should have been done. As far as I can see, only a third of the electorate voted. And Debian has a very limited electorate; I have been using Debian for 10 years; I have contributed help and user conversions - but I don't get a vote. What I'm saying is that care should have been taken with the decision. It was a sensitive issue and what is being done is not sensitive. And I think that is *exactly* like politics elsewhere. I am not surprised by that. But I am dissapointed and angry. It is also interesting that a good number of people have seen nothing wrong with the actions as they have been taken and I get taken to task for bringing it up. That looks a lot like normal politics to me. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
