I did the polling openly because I just like seeing what people's opinions are. I don't thing Doug's statement would have mattered to most of us. I don't think there is really a lot of controversy in this poll. I wouldn't be surprised in the least to see Mr. Wilson's opinion in any of the three columns. I didn't think he signed on to be an army of one.
If anything, the results are skewed in favor of "change" because my post presents a one sided argument and then says "vote". Well, naturally there is going to be influence. If I didn't give the argument and had a real poll, with unbiased questions, the results would likely be stronger for keeping the status quo.
I mentioned I was quite surprised there was as much support for keeping the status quo as there was. It's a pretty good showing that, despite the above, there was a lot of support for the current system.
The other issue is the poll was done during a time of emotional upheaval. If I had done it before the bannings of Jimbo, Marissa, and some others (I notice Dave Barenbrugge is banned too?) I'm certain the results would have been quite a bit different.
Chris
