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Originally Posted by issybird
Where's the unfairness? Books are nominated and voted for. A classic will only win in open months if that's what a plurality wants. Having two months of classics makes no difference to what's chosen in an open month. 
You're trying to have it both ways. You wanted a poll to see if a second classic month would be voted down, justifying it by saying that a vote would reveal the preference of the membership. Now that there's a good chance that the membership is voting to maintain the status quo, you're talking essential unfairness. And worry that an open vote might result in picking a book from a category you don't like in an open month, to boot, and make specious claims of an inherent advantage to a particular category.
Seriously, once you pushed for a poll, you pretty much were obligated to accept the decision graciously. |
Issybird, you really don't seem to understand me, at all. You pick and choose what you want to hear out of the words that I say.
My quoting you, was tongue-in-cheek, for the very reason that I wanted the vote and you didn't, yet things are currently going your way. I have absolutely no problem with the vote. I did ask for it and I said when I asked for it that I would abide by it. It doesn't mean that I won't discuss my point of view, nor will I ask that the vote be ignored. If it is what the majority wants, you know that majority you were so afraid to allow a voice, then so be it. I wasn't saying the vote was unfair, I wasn't complaining about the vote..I was stating how I feel about the topic.
As for unfairness and advantage...its a matter of simple math. I understand that there is little chance that one topic will completely take over the year, however, the possibility is there. I am talking about chance and possibility, not actuality; I would like to make that very clear. All of the current topics have 3 chances in the year (counting the 2 open slots), where as Classics has 4 chances (counting the 2 open slots plus its 2 regular slots) that's all I was saying.
So in conclusion:
1. I am very happy we had the vote, allowing people to have a voice.
2. I never had any intention of fighting the very vote I championed, regardless of the outcome.
3. I think chances and possibilities count for something and one genre having
four chances/possibilities where all of the others have only
three chances/possibilities is "unfair".
If there is anyway I can make my position any clearer please let me know.