From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 13 21:21:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA13404 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:21:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mooseriver.com (dynamic13.pm07.sf3d.best.com [209.24.235.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA13393 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 04:21:42 GMT (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by mooseriver.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id VAA19384; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:21:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980413212110.16276@mooseriver.com> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:21:10 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: Greg Lehey Cc: Sue Blake , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Democracy? (was: Project FreeBSD 98) Reply-To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com References: <29092.892387190@time.cdrom.com> <199804132126.QAA01740@darkstar.connect.com> <19980414090702.03034@welearn.com.au> <19980414131511.G17151@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <19980414131511.G17151@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 01:15:11PM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 01:15:11PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tue, 14 April 1998 at 9:07:02 +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 04:26:11PM -0500, Frank Pawlak wrote: > >> This is a first draft of our structure and all are invited to work on > >> perfecting it. Volunteers are needed to get names in the various slots, > >> remember that this is a democracy. > > > > To some people, a democracy means that the strong and numerous screw the > > small and timid. I don't think that's the kind you meant :-) > > Hmm. I had always thought of the FreeBSD lists as being an anarchy, > not a democracy. > > Comments? > Greg > As Sue has pointed out, democracy is where the strong screw the weak. Democracy is an illusion, Bread and Circuses. Anarchy is best. My Wobbly Grandfather would be proud. Our normally scheduled hacking will now continue. Josef "Remember Haymarket" Grosch -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.5 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message