[Campaigns-l] Welcome; getting down to work :)

[Jimmy Wales]

Lenny Domnitser wrote:
> On 7/6/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>> 2.  Issues - neutral (VERY IMPORTANT!!!) presentations of various
>> campaign issues, the point here is to give voters a place to come for
>> basic information about active issues.
> 
> I don't know how neutral this can realistically be. The very selection
> of what the issues are is a partisan matter. Issues can be brought up
> to divert attention or to force stance-taking before an election.
> 
>> Anyway, welcome, this is pretty cool. :)
> 
> Yeah. Thanks.

I don't see any problem with neutrality regarding the selection of what
the issues are.  This is a wiki, so we are not constrained by space.  As
to how politicians might use issues, well, I think they are
significantly less able to do anything particularly bad when voters are
educated in the basic facts surrounding various issues or proposals.

There is no magic bullet, of course.

--Jimbo
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