On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:54:23 -0700 Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Wernfried Haas wrote: | > I rather have the current process with all its problems than one | > single ruler deciding stuff, even if he decides good - or like a | > total moron, you just never know with kings. | > The king is dead, long live the council! | | The council doesn't actually do anything AFAICT, it just "approves" | GLEP decisions that have already been made. So in effect we have no | leadership.
And that is a large part of the problem. Were the council less spineless, things might actually get done. The problem with a dictatorship is that when the dictator screws up, the damage is huge. The problem with a representative democracy -- especially when using Condorcet, which is highly biased in favour of moderates -- is that nobody is prepared to do anything that's in any way risky, controversial or useful. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaran dot mccreesh at blueyonder.co.uk -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
