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Originally Posted by dammage79
To the bolded: Come on! You have to admit if the vote went that way your decision was going to be a heck of a lot more easier to make. So yes, an easy assumption to make in direct relation to the results wouldn't you say?
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No I don't think it is an easy assumption to make given that we framed the poll in very specific ways of how it would be used. There is no truth to what you are accusing us of. As Photon on - please don't tell us why we did something. We know why we did it.
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Originally Posted by dammage79
Holy moly, talk about sticking fingers in ears. I responded to your post about WHY people are choked and how you cannot see why the don't get past it. In regards to how most people would see how it appears disengenuous. Why should they get past it? I said.
Binding or not, allowing a vote implies some form of involvement in the decision process. And whether you like it or not, some people would see a poll like that as a waste of their time and effort when their input ultimately did not matter in the decision making process. Which inherently creates unrest and anger...not anger, frustration.
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This is what you don't get. The poll WAS considered as part of the decision. PART. We wouldn't have done it if it wasn't going to be factored in.
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Originally Posted by dammage79
So yeah, you did what you said you were going to do. Not the issue, it's HOW you did it. you can write it in plain childrens literature in a pop up book and make it plain as day and people will still not like it.
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Fine. Let's just remember that in this instance we actually took many steps to engage the community more deeply than we've ever done before. Why? Because it was important. It may not have played out how you personally wanted - but frankly I think your reaction is the exception - not the norm.At least in terms of the intensity of it.