Might be going out on a limb here but i believe that Mr. Locklear is referring to the fact that the procedure is a "popular election" in which the candidates vie for votes; in essence competing in a popularity contest. This is why he suggested a truly "unbiased" method of selection akin to a random number generator that would arbitrarily chose the victor based on random chance. The trouble is, David, it's exactly the "bias" (or "discretion" as some of us like to call it) that we count on in a representative democratic system to be the very factor that controls the election of our representatives. Its what keeps folks who have no business being in office out... theoretically, by allowing the public to form opinions and judge each candidate on their merits. Trouble is, it requires the educated discretion of an entire electorate to make it work. Are we better off letting people have their own biased choices? Sometimes i wonder. But i wouldn't want to be apart of any system that takes away your choice or mine. If i don't get elected i won't be hurt. That's just how we do things. Wes~
> From: stefan.crea...@arm.com > To: dlocklea...@gmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 16:02:20 -0700 > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] TCMA feedback > > As far as I know I'm not a member of the TCMA, so I feel I can ask this > question: > > Why is the election "biased and un-fair to begin with" ? > > > The election is biased and un-fair to begin with. It would be more > > fair to flip a coin, or to > > draw straws, etc. > > Cheers, > Stefan > > > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are > confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the > contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the > information in any medium. Thank you. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com >
