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To: Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] abolish narrow margins
From: pmjones88@gmail.com (Paul Jones)



> On Jul 11, 2018, at 12:10, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:
>=20
> 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 ...
>>=20
>> 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.


--=20
Paul M. Jones
pmjones@pmjones.io
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Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP
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Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP
https://leanpub.com/sn1php





--=20
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