Hello Dale.

18 Apr 06 22:49, you wrote to me:

 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
 DS>> take over of FN_SYSOP).

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

 DS>   Precisely.

Eh????

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

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

 DS>   Thanks for agreeing with me

Sigh... Here you go again, twisting my words... Don't thank me, I do NOT
agree with you.

 DS> that the total possible population is not the relevant thing to be
 DS> considering.

In the case of Russian referendum it *is* as they *all* were elegible to vote.

 DS>   That was the point I was making to Ward.

And the one I challenged.


Michiel

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