Re: Yes to Publicity! Not to Anonimit! Was: Re: GNOME Foundation Annual Elections - proposal



> Finally, as far as I remember the history, original democratic voting 
> system in Greece *was not* anonymous. And not everyone was allowed
> to vote (you had to own land in the town in order to participate in
> voting).
> People who did have right to vote were repsonsible for their
> descisions
> by property and land they own. And at the end by their lives too. 

As a side note, the original democratic system in Greece was not
democratic at all as we define it today.
Most population was not enough of a person to vote, for instance.

I add my voice to the anonymous process.

The undemocratic reactions some people might have, that might influence
people that have less self confidence or that may be vulnerable in some
way to the pressure made by others, is the reason the democratic process
is anonymous.

If one is afraid of anonymous vote between people of good intentions as
those found in GNOME, then why isn't one afraid of the democratic
elections his your country (supposing there is such a thing)?

It's much more important than these elections and you don't see people
pushing for 'raise-your-hands' vote :)

Rui
-- 
+ No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
+ Whatever you do will be insignificant,
| but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
+ So let's do it...?

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