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Originally Posted by HarryT
Where I'm afraid I take issue is the idea that it's "dishonest" to push an agenda. It's not. You don't have to like it (and I personally don't like it), but it's in no way dishonest.
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We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. The ballot paper itself says that it's an award for "excellence" - to me, that means that you should nominate and vote for the words you found most excellent. The paper continues in that vein, talking about you voting for the works you "prefer", works your "heart is set on". The category names are all headed "Best", which to me says that you should put in them works you believe are the best. And so on. I think that to claim to interpret it otherwise is straight-out disingenuous.
People can tie themselves up into knots all they like to justify their own prejudices ("Oh, but I think this one is the "best" in the sense that it's "best for Theodore Beale's publishing career, such as it is!"). But I doubt there are many people who truly think the slate voters voted for what they thought were the most excellent/best works.