Of course not

There are many ways of allocating votes in a system so that larger units have a greater say without holding a majority in their own right. The European Parliament does it. It's called digressive proportionality.

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I don't see how anyone can think it's fair that South America has less than one fifth as many votes as Europe.

Posted By: King on June 2nd 2015 at 18:48:29

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Blatter (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 18:19:31
- Hitler did a lkot of good things like roads, vehicles, Fanta ect ect (Other Football) - usacanary, Jun 2, 19:27:11
  - ... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 19:45:54
  - think the romans did roads before him (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 2, 19:30:28
- Surely if you were a corrupt organisation,Africa is the ideal place to pour money into.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jun 2, 19:24:08
- It's called grooming and I can completely (Other Football) - finkleton, Jun 2, 18:36:50
  - I think it is very difficult to get rid of corruption in football (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 18:42:27
    - You can try or ignore it. Sanctimonious I know. (n/m) (Other Football) - finkleton, Jun 2, 18:45:48
      - I don't think I said that it should be ignored (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 18:49:22
        
        Again, you try where it is apparent. Start at the top? (n/m) (Other Football) - finkleton, Jun 2, 18:50:43
        
        You could do but that is also the hardest place to start (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 18:53:13
        
        Get em when you can. Like what just may be happening with FIFA possibly. (n/m) (Other Football) - finkleton, Jun 2, 19:06:47
        
        yes, hopefully this will be the start of a better and more transparent FIFA (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 19:59:57
- What happened under Blatter was criminal and is not justified by success in Africa (Other Football) - John in Texas, Jun 2, 18:34:52
  - I used the word criminal as an adjective in its second meaning ie "bad or very wrong" (Other Football) - John in Texas, Jun 2, 18:58:54
    - no need, if you ignore or hide criminality you become a criminal. (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Jun 2, 19:29:24
  - a lot of it has been put to good use though (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 18:37:04
    - I imagine the answer to your last question will come in time... (Other Football) - Pixelman, Jun 2, 18:41:49
      - I know, it is possible he has done something (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 18:43:21
        
        You would be surprised Brandonio, don't make assumptions based on a name (n/m) (Other Football) - John in Texas, Jun 2, 18:56:03
- I don't understand your last sentence (Other Football) - King, Jun 2, 18:31:42
  - Continent population? (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 18:34:47
    - Of course not (Other Football) - King, Jun 2, 18:48:29
      - How do you make that work in football though and ensure that it is fair? (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 18:59:18
        
        I'm not sure I understand what you see as 'fair' (Other Football) - King, Jun 2, 19:07:55
        
        Are you saying that "small countries" such as France and Germany were bought off? (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 19:45:14
        
        (TBF you suggest a British Overseas Territory in Oceania) but you know (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 19:51:00
- Isn't that podcast/show excellent - only found it recently (n/m) (Other Football) - Mozzer, Jun 2, 18:29:11
- *with not as in that first sentence. It was excellent this week... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 2, 18:20:51

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