On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 06:37:08PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Marcus> If I were nominated, I surely wouldn't make any hard > Marcus> concrete promise about any particular issue. I would > Marcus> always leave room to change my opinion upon new facts > Marcus> revealed to me in the process. Answering yes/no to a > Marcus> question of intention is possible, but not very > Marcus> meaningful. > > Good point. > > I wouldn't want an elected DPL to blindly do X, because that is what > he/she promised before the election, when new evidence comes to light > that indicates that X is bad (eg. perhaps some new solution Y is > suggested that removes the need for X). > > If for instance, a DPL said "yes I will take action on X", and was > latter convinced that X is wrong, then either the DPL can do X anyway > (the wrong thing) or not do X (which some have stated they would > interpret as a lie).
There's nothing wrong with saying "I currently support X" though. It atleast let's teh voters know how the candidate thinks, and what positions he currently takes. I would certainly not like to vote for someone who just said "I'll support whatever the project supports", since that would not be a "leader" at all, but a follower :) Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'