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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.12 No.35 (28-Aug-1995)
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| A newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet BBS community | "FidoNews" BBS |
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| | | \ \\ | Editors: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Donald Tees 1:221/192 |
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| |__U__| / \// | Sylvia 1:221/194 |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: editors 1:1/23 |
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| submissions=> editor@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Don -- don@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Sylvia max@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
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Table of Contents
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1. Editorial..................................................... 1
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2. Articles...................................................... 2
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Why Voting Is a Farce in Fidonet............................ 2
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3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 3
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Editorial
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Only one article this week, not much to say. Here is the
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snooze.
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FidoNews 12-35 Page: 2 28 Aug 1995
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Articles
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Why Voting Is a Farce in Fidonet
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Bob Germer, 1:266/21
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Region 13 is having an "election" to replace our recently departed
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Region Coordinator. The "election" is being held by a person shown
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in the nodelist as the "Region 13 Election Coordinator".
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Why do I use quotation marks around the word "election" you may
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well ask. It is because this is not an election as defined in any
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dictionary of the English language, as defined by any decent human
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being truly determined to insure that everyone has a voice and a
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vote, as defined by the most basic human decency.
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The "Election Coordinator" (funny that I can't find reference to
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this position in Policy 4) is the hand-picked puppet of the lead-
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ing candidate for the R13C position. The leading candidate is
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widely believed to have been instrumental in forcing Mike Walsh
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to quit as R13C although there is only rumor to support this claim.
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However, the R13 "Election Coordinator" made sure that he let the
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nets where his puppetmaster had significant support know about the
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"election" well before those nets where there was likely to be
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opposition were notified.
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Then he published rules which would have the Region nominate
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candidates, discuss the election, and vote all in less than 30 days!
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He didn't care that for the first 15 days many nets hadn't yet
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HEARD there was to be an election. He did modify the time table
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to allow an additional SEVEN days!
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Sysops, including myself, who dared to point out that this was
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unfair to those nets who hadn't been connected, that people were
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on vacation in August, that 37 days to run a Region-wide election
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was too short, etc. were cut off from the echo in which the
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candidates were to declare their candidacy, discuss the issues,
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answer questions, etc.
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Moreover, this "Election Coordinator" when he put out the rules did
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not divulge HOW sysops were to cast their ballots. There has been
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no notice in the 'Snooze. There has been no netmail. Those nodes
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who are cut off by the unilateral action of the "Election Coor-
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dinator" have no knowledge of where or when to send ballots, who
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the candidates are, what their positions on issues are, etc. We
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have no way of knowing what must be contained in our ballot.
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But the hand picked dufus who the leading candidate anointed
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acting RC refuses to rule on the complaints lodged against this
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high-handed "Election Coordinator" who acts as if he is the law
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unto himself.
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If this were an "election" in a Nazi, Third World, or Communist
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FidoNews 12-35 Page: 3 28 Aug 1995
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Dictatorship, one could expect such actions. Afterall, people
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like Hitler, Idi Amin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Ho Chi Minh,
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Musolini, etc. perfected such tactics to make sure that the
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chosen few controlled all elections. However, this is supposed
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to be Fidonet in a democracy where the right to vote is a
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paramount right.
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So, as long as little dictators are allowed to hold sham "elections"
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and appoint non-existant titles, there can be no democracy in
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Fidonet. As long as people who dare to show that the King is
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naked are silenced without recourse, using the words Fidonet and
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democracy in the same sentence is obscene.
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If the small minded, twisted, demented *C structure wishes to keep
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Fidonet as an oligarchy (which any rational being reading Policy 4
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must realize was the intent of the Founder and the authors of
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Policy 4) all well and good. But at least have the decency to
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admit that there is no democracy in Fidonet. Stop the lies with
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these false "elections", empty words about sysop rights, peans
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to open exchange of ideas, etc.
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Fidonews Information
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
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Editors: Donald Tees, Sylvia Maxwell
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
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Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar
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Tom Jennings
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BBS +1-519-570-4176, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(DS)
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Don -- 1:221/192, don@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
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Sylvia- 1:221/194, max@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
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FidoNews
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Fidonews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
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INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
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of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
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authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
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FidoNews 12-35 Page: 4 28 Aug 1995
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does not diminish the rights of the authors. Opinions expressed in
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these articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of
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' ' disgreement is actually necessary,
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or we'd all have to get in fights
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or semethin to amuse ourselves,,
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and create the requisite chaos."
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-Tom Jennings
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