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re:policy "bigotry"

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Joe Boyle indicates that he is upset because it was arbitrarily decided to
have a spot on the ballot for a non-policy topic.

Arbitary? The topic survey showed that over TWICE as many schools wanted a
mixture of policy and non-policy topics than schools who said they wanted
only policy topics. In fact, it was almost 3 times as many.

That's not arbitrary. I suppose that Hobbs, Ellingson, and Whitney are also
arbitrary in explaining why they like that choice?
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i will answer in more detail below why only policy topics ought be on this 
ballot.  perhaps the full details of this survey could be provided for the 
community.  i am NOT questioning the motives of pam or tuna in their 
references to this survey.  it just has not been, to my knowledge, fully 
disclosed.  additionally, just as tuna places a burden on those advocating a 
policy only ballot, those advocating inclusion of value topics ought have 
more of a burden than appeals to "diversity" and "creativity."  the terminal 
value of the resolutional construct ought also be defended.

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I am tempted to start calling this line of argumentation POLICY BIGOTRY,
where not only do they oppose non-policy topics (which is OK) but they
refuse to even allow one for other people to get the chance to vote for.
If half the community in a survey wants a mix of the two, who the heck are
you, Joe Boyle, to say they shouldn't even get a chance to have a
non-policy topic on the ballot?
>>>>>>

its interesting using terms like bigotry to describe advocacy of a policy 
only perspective.  it makes easier the off-hand dismissal of the arguments 
because nobody wants to be a bigot.  the recent past of ceda would indicate 
the more pervasive exclusion came from the value resolution advocates; it 
was not that long ago that teams were dropped for running a plan in ceda.  

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Let me make myself very clear -- I don't really want a non-policy topic,
but if I had to have one I could handle this one. However, I refu
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