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[Philip Brown]

On Friday, February 18, 2011, Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org> wrote:
> Excerpts from Philip Brown's message of Wed Feb 16 23:47:53 -0500 2011:
>
> Hi Phil,
>
>> A writeup of a topic with two equal sides, where people on one side
>> think it is "good", and people on the other think it is "not good",
>> is pretty much a textbook example of "unfair and biased".
>
> The problem with your text is that it's equivalent to having someone
> stand at the polling booth arguing for one cadidate.  It's not
> unbiased text as it 'leads' the voter in one direction, putting a
> thought pattern in place as they read the ballot.

the problem with what *you* just said, is it amounts to, "your wording
is too persuasive, people might actually listen to it and vote
accordingly. so I'm not going to allow it"

That, is the definition of bias in a voting system

the whole point of a well written ballot, is that it gives all
relevant facts for both sides. BOTH sides, Ben.
That very much includes facts relating to (if you vote this way, then
that will happen)
What I wrote was 100% factual.

and if one side has compelling facts, and the other does not... well
then, in a fair voting system, the first side should win, should it
not?
that's what's supposed to happen. it's not your job to give the other
side 'more of a fighting chance'  if you personally favor it.