From owner-cvs-all Mon Dec 28 23:29:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA02512 for cvs-all-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:29:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles205.castles.com [208.214.165.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA02505 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:29:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA16273; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:26:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812290726.XAA16273@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Tim Vanderhoek cc: Amancio Hasty , committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The recent fracas involving danes, war axes and wounded developers In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:10:52 EST." <19981229001052.C43500@mad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:26:16 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 11:00:34PM -0800, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > > > > Obviously there is room here for formal abstinence, justifiable failure, > > > etc., but the principle being that if core is expected to be a working > > > > Thats sounds great specially if the -core member's vote is recorded. > > Ah, the myth that voting is good. I have more respect for the person > who abstains from the next election b/c they aren't sure what party to > vote for than for the person who votes b/c some advert on TV said > "excercise your right to vote". > > If a -core member doesn't vote, maybe they have a reason... > > If they never do nothing, they might as well not exist, so who cares > anyways? Abstintence is not the same as nonparticipation. But it's a common mistake to make. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message