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    Quote Originally Posted by Schroeswald View Post
    I feel like voting for whatever of the however many rules we're voting on individually is the most reasonable (to quote O-Chul and all that).
    And if you feel that way, every voting system probably allows for it - the one I intend to use certainly allows it. But if you'd prefer to cast a vote of the style "both of them, or neither", then an individual vote won't do.

    Worse, individual votes can end in paradoxes. Say that we have two options, A & B. A receives a majority, as does B, but A & B together fail, so now I have to implement both and not implement them together. Fun times.

    And before you tell me that I shouldn't allow the vote "A & B together, but neither individually", let me stop you right there and state, clearly and unambiguously, that as long as I am the curator, I will never restrict the votes someone can express. And yes, I have had people who wanted combination of options but not their individual components. This is not theoretical.

    ETA: see this post for the upcoming vote

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    But really, the important lesson here is this: Rather than making assumptions that don't fit with the text and then complaining about the text being wrong, why not just choose different assumptions that DO fit with the text?
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