[odf-discuss] Compilation of Country Votes

Carlos Moffat carlos.lst at eldiabloenlosdetalles.net
Fri Aug 24 15:13:53 EDT 2007


Ok, don't you guys get too ambitious here. The software is quite
limited.

For now, keep the country/vote pairs coming, if you know of any.

I've added:

Yes:

Portugal

No:

China, Japan

Any others?

Carlos



On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 21:59 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote:
> Yoon Kit Yong wrote:
> > What we should really do is to tally up countries  Yes:No vote ratios
> > and Transparency International's corruption index.
> 
> LOL.  That would be great leverage if a positive correlation could be
> demonstrated.
> 
> Though I'm not too sure about the Index itself.  For example, Sweden's
> rotten-to-the-core corrupt, but gets a low rating.  It's just very, very
> different about it than say Colombia or Panama.  Finland's quite
> corrupt, too, but very nice about it, so you don't feel quite as bad
> about it.
> 
> Perhaps one of the key factors is style.  No matter how profitable,
> plomo o plata just isn't enjoyable.
> 
> Seriously, it's a good idea to cross-index the votes with known
> mischief[1].  I bet in the yes countries and a few of the mayebs, there
> are a lot of incidents involving breach of procedure, radical
> restructuring, and drastic membership changes in the decision-making
> bodies since May.
> 
> -Lars
> 
> [1]	e.g. Jordan, Romania, Australia, etc.
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