On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:50:28PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> If we can't trust them to vote what they think, why should we trust the
> outcome of such a vote?
Empirically, many people look at their vote as a means for achieving
the best outcome, not a statement of belief. (Eg, those who
preferred Nader but voted for Gore.) Do you assume that there are
no such people in Debian, or would you propose to exclude them?
I think your position is roughly:
Given
1. Debian developers' general sense of integrity
2. social pressure to vote sincerely
3. a sufficiently "expressive" ballot
developers will vote sincerely even though
1. some developers will not see their ballot as a moral
statement, per se
2. voting insincerely will be reliably effective in some
elections
If so, I'll stop arguing.
Andrew
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