Brett Mount > writes:

>I suspect organised Vote No campaigns were viewed as being a lesser risk,
>though the history of some of the more political groups in aus.* may make
>that assumption seem odd.

Any proposal contentious enough to cause an organised "Vote No"
campaign deserves to fail. There's clearly something wrong with
the proposal, and a group won't go through until that problem is
recognised and addressed. So I don't see it as a risk.

There could still be otherwise-good proposals failed by a no-voting
bloc if the group topic was particularly contentious. For example I
would expect a group aus.abortion.centres would fail a vote because
right-to-lifers would object to the possibility of pro-abortionists
discussing (rating, etc) abortion centres. But if the group were
to pass, then it would be a big flame fest anyway, so failing it
is no loss.

Nick.
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