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

[Richard Fobes]

I've revised the paragraph that Fred Gohlke was offended by.  Thanks 
Fred for giving feedback that justified improving some wording that I 
didn't like either.

----- New version -----

Most of us regard the adoption of our supported methods as a small step 
toward increasing the fairness of electing governmental representatives, 
and we believe that additional reforms, such as improved 
campaign-finance-reporting rules, are needed.  Also many of us believe 
that the governmental process of making wise decisions can be improved, 
such as by using decision-making aids such as deliberative polling.  The 
election-method reforms we advocate here would be synergistic with those 
other reforms, both in terms of easing their adoption and multiplying 
their beneficial effects.

----- end -----

Richard Fobes


On 9/7/2011 7:25 PM, Richard Fobes wrote:
> 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
>