Re: A Call For Open Governance Of X Development

On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Sven Luther wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 11:53:57AM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > A 75-year old who has volunteered on the polling booths and with various
> > civic projects has the same right to vote as anyone who's just turned
> > 18: them's the breaks.
> 
> So, let's elect the BOD trough a slashdot poll :)))
> 

   That's great, we'd have CowboyNeal on the board.

   I think Daniel's example would be better if Americans were
demanding the right to chose the Prime Minister of France.
While the Americans have a "vested interest" in who the
French prime minister is, they shouldn't have a say in it.
I think this is the difference, as David Wexelblat put it,
between a democracy and a republic.  Not every body gets
to vote.  This isn't a free-for-all.  The prime minister 
of France isn't elected for the good of the world community.
He is elected by eligible French citizens for the good of France.


			Mark.