Re: [RFC] abolish narrow margins

> On Jul 11, 2018, at 12:10, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 12:41 PM, Joe Watkins <krakjoe@php.net> wrote: >> I'd like to bring >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/abolish-narrow-margins to vote >> in the very near future ... >> >> We discussed it a year ago, and discussion died down to nothing (possibly >> because it was sidetracked); If there are no objections I'll bring it to >> vote in the coming days ... Since you brought it up ... > "The current political climate of Earth It's probably less "Earth" and more "Western civilization." > votes that are won by narrow margins build resentment among voters Well, certainly among some. I have to wonder if this is a reference to the author's favored political outcomes being thwarted. > can lead to instability in the ecosphere The "ecosphere" of Earth? That's an interesting assertion. I wonder if it's true. > and could be considered harmful to democracy. There's a long list of things that "could be considered harmful to democracy." In any case, are we turning this list into a political forum? Because I for one can do without it here. I find it in plenty of other places. I don't have any more to say on that aspect of this topic right now, unless and until someone else here sees fit to continue it -- in which case, I'll be happy to respond. -- Paul M. Jones pmjones@pmjones.io http://paul-m-jones.com Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP https://leanpub.com/mlaphp Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP https://leanpub.com/sn1php -- Paul M. Jones pmjones@pmjones.io http://paul-m-jones.com Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP https://leanpub.com/mlaphp Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP https://leanpub.com/sn1php