[EM] Declaration ... - political-party & direct-participation side issues

[Richard Fobes]

On 9/7/2011 3:30 PM, Fred Gohlke wrote:
> Richard,
>
> re: "Nothing in this statement should be interpreted to imply
> that we believe that election-method reform is the only area
> of existing political systems that currently needs reform.
> In fact, most of us also support other reforms such as
> broader campaign-finance-reporting rules, increased use of
> other decision-making aids such as deliberative polling, and
> clearer ethics rules for officeholders. We believe that the
> election-method reforms we advocate here would be
> synergistic with such other reforms, both in terms of easing
> their adoption and multiplying their beneficial effects."
>
> Patronizing me would be more effective if you did so from a position of
> strength. I'm not sure why you thought it necessary to ridicule my
> position with this ludicrous tripe, but so be it.

Whoa! I did not write this paragraph!

In fact, this particular paragraph is one of the few that I have not 
touched (that I can recall).

This declaration is a collaboration. Therefore, please direct your 
comments about the document to the forum in general, without assuming 
that any specific content was written by any particular contributor.

Thank you!

Now that you have expressed disapproval of this paragraph, that makes it 
easier for me to feel comfortable making revisions to this portion of 
the document. Thanks.

Richard Fobes