Re: Consensus Development

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

David,

  Please read below your comments.

David Collier-Brown wrote:
> 
> Jeff Williams wrote:
> >   I cannot dissagree with you more on this point.  A vote, is one of the
> > most wonderful means of determining a consensus that man has ever
> > devised.
> > It is used to determine our political process and relfect the will of
> > the
> > people, isn't that a consensus?
> 
>   Well, no: it traditionally refers to an election with a simple
> majority.  If 50% plus 1 person vote yea, the measure is passed.

  And that represents a consensus in my estimation, unless my math
is bad.
> 
>   This, without remarkabel systems of checks and balances, leads to
> a phenomenon called ``the tyrany of the majority''.  In the political
> sphere, the years after french revolution was the classical example.
>   The U.S founding fathers, having learned from the french experience,
> created checks and balances.

  You are correct here.  But I don't think this is applicable in this
case compleatly.  If we do a mix of shared and non-shared TLD's this
could be accomplished however.
> 
>   Other people used different mechanisms.  New England town meetings
> are an example, with some very carefull if informal rules of order
> and often real care to make sure that minorities aren't left out.
> 
>   Consensus, or ``rough consensus and working code'' is a similar
> mechanism.  A yehoo search is interesting...
> 
> --dave
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Regards,
-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
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Information Eng. Group. 
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