-=> On 04-18-06  09:58,  Michiel Van Der Vlist <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about none <=-

 WD>> So how can 310 people out of a group of 5,000 constitute a
 WD>> majority?
 
 DS>   I've seen 33 out of 10,000 be called a unanimous vote (i.e. in take
 DS>   over of FN_SYSOP).

 MVDV> By your own words: a majority of what?

  Precisely.

 MVDV> In FN_SYSOP tradionally only those who posted in the last 
 MVDV> six month prior to the lection are eligible to vote.

 MVDV> Those 33 certainly were not a minor fraction of the eligible voters.

  Thanks for agreeing with me that the total possible population is not
  the relevant thing to be considering.  That was the point I was making
  to Ward.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) comcast (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)




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