[OSM-talk] Join the OSMF !

[Dermot McNally]

On 11 June 2011 00:15, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think you're being deliberately obtuse

That's amusing coming from somebody who thinks he can inhibit the use
of data he has declared as PD, but let's carry on...

>, but I'll continue to assume
> otherwise. In a democracy, there are no personal consequences for voting
> either way. One's vote is counted, and *the final tally is the only thing a
> vote counts for*. If yes voters and no voters are treated differently after
> the vote, it's not a democratic vote.

Switzerland around the same time held a referendum on whether to ban
the building of Minarets. I expect that many Muslims voted against the
ban. The referendum was carried. No voters _are_ treated differently
after the vote.

The vote was democratic by any definition. It happens to be IMO a very
dark incident for democracy, but that doesn't take away from the
facts.

> Hence the new license acceptance
> process is not a democratic vote.

Your definition of democracy does not seem to accord with mine. Where
did you get it?

Dermot

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