The way Fidonet is going, I'd say any discussion is better than nothing.
I've gotten pretty easy on any off-topic discussions.  Unless it is
disruptive, I don't see a problem at this point.  It's become more like a
group of old friends discussing whatever they want rather than strictly
limited to science only.

"Jason Vierik -> DAVID WILLIAMS"  wrote in
message news:1084$SCIENCE{at}JamNNTPd...
 JV>   Re: voting
 JV>   By: DAVID WILLIAMS to New Zealanders on Tue Sep 25 2007 10:06 pm

 >> We're having a referendum here in Ontario, Canada, on October 10. We'll

 >> be asked whether we want to change the voting system in future

 >> provincial elections from the present one, in which the province is

 >> divided into "ridings", which each elect one MPP, being
the person who

 >> gets the greatest number of votes, to a system in which some seats are

 >> assigned to parties on a proportional-representation basis. Apparently,

 >> this is the system you have had in New Zealand for a while.



 >> So, what do you think of it? Is it better or worse than what you had

 >> before? If you were an Ontarian, which way would you vote in the

 >> referendum?





 JV> ..and my first question is - What does this have to do with Science?





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