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Originally Posted by Shastanis Althreduin
I'm not sure I understand your point, Nogrod. Logic is logic, isn't it?  |
I see that I kind of wrote that one too rushedly...
What I mean is that as Days go by people start to read other peoples' votes with the knowledge they have gained. Now it's critical not only for whom you gave your vote and when but also for what reason you claimed to have done that. The most obvious "no tracks left behind" for others to analyse is the random vote like "I'll vote the one who begins with an 's'" or "I take a random calculator and perform some maths with it". *cough tgwbs cough*
These votes leave the others in total darkness about their actual reasons or the absence of them. So they're the greatest places for the wolves to hide without revealing their intentions. That is the reason I dislike them.
Now declaring to vote in random (or random with a method) is the worst case. The second worst of the kind is to say you have a principle and you will follow it to the end like saying "I always vote for the loudmouths because I don't like to read so much" or whatever. Like
Volo in a way seems to be doing and
Menel in a way as well. When asked why did you vote for X you can always say "the principle I gave demanded it from me". The problem with this is that you kind of outsource the responsibility of your decisions to a principle.
Innocent people can declare principles and even act on them as well. But the innocents are also ready to change their principles or make exceptions to them when they see a need for it for the sake of the common good.
EDIT: X'd with Mith and Legate