Posted by Larry Hoover on June 21, 2006, at 6:12:32
In reply to Re: What folks have been saying » Larry Hoover, posted by Dinah on June 20, 2006, at 23:10:16
> Just to clarify, are you suggesting that Dr. Bob give up veto power on Babble?
I'm certain you misunderstood.
I can recall many posts of his, explicitly stating that this place is not a democracy. All of the deputies must defer to him. We must wait upon him, until he comes around again. He doesn't even schedule things, to make sure people are around at the right time. Because it doesn't matter. It's his sandbox.
For him to suggest that a democracy is evolving is false. It cannot be so, unless he's made decisions that he hasn't even bothered to inform us of. Which is another problem he seems prone to creating.
> The name is associated with him, through his copyright (per the bottom of each page it says that anyway). And he pays the costs associated with the site.
It can be his democracy, too. That issue is not germane.
> I wouldn't give up veto power while my name was associated with the site and while I was paying the bills if I were Dr. Bob.
Which is as much as saying you know this isn't a democracy, isn't it?
> Or did I completely misunderstand, which seems more than possible - especially today. Misunderstanding seems to be my middle name today. And I can't even blame the meds.If it was a democracy..... If *only* it was a democracy....
Dinah, this is not intended to be any kind of a slight, to you, or to other deputies. Bob carefully selects people who become his acolytes. People who can weigh the posts here, not in terms of the rule as written, but in terms of how he has applied the rule. With no regard to what is written.
The problem is, it presumes that all posters know of, have read, understood, and recalled all the minor and major variations in what I have collectively called Bobjectivity. The FAQ is largely a waste of effort, as it stands now.
Try and explain the Do Not Post rule, as if you were going to create a complete description of it, for an interested newbie. And then, compare *that* description to the FAQ.
This is not a democracy, here. It is an oligarchy.
Lar
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