From: fwbrown@bellsouth.net 
  
 Dave Sill  wrote: 
 > Wayne Brown  writes: 
 > 
 >> I see nothing wrong with the current system, in which anyone and everyone 
 >> can vote, and the UVV and the NAN moderators make the call in cases 
 >> of suspicious votes. 
 > 
 > I do: the result of the comp.os.linux.xbox vote, for example. The 
 > "Stromboli" votes are as fishy as the FMJ votes but the powers decided 
 > to exclude only the FMJ votes. 
  
 Well, "the powers" made their decision, and that's good enough for me. 
  
 >> After all, this isn't "Real Life"(tm), it's only 
 >> USENET, and there isn't anything of critical importance hinging on the 
 >> outcome of any particular vote. 
 > 
 > That's true, but it doesn't justify leaving gaping holes in the 
 > system. Why bother holding votes if the outcome is going to be 
 > determined by fraudulent votes? 
  
 I actually wouldn't mind if the whole voting mess was abandoned and 
 "the powers" just made the decisions directly.  The votes serve as a 
 useful opinion poll, but they lead too many people to regard USENET as 
 if it really were a democracy. 
  
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