On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 11:50:59PM +1100, Clinton Mead wrote: > Assuming that the default option is the status quo, that is, the > currently selected option. > And assuming that an option winning an election makes it the status quo, > and hence the default option. > And assuming the default option should never be determental to the > chances of an option winning.
These aren't valid assumptions. The default option is *not* the status-quo (it's "further discussion", not "preserve non-free", or "none of the above", not "another term for Bdale"); and winning does not make an option the default for future votes. If you wish to talk about the status-quo, you need to talk about it independently of the default option. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``If you don't do it now, you'll be one year older when you do.''
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