[LEAPSECS] final report of the UK leap seconds dialog

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <20150206023406.GA10444 at ucolick.org>, Steve Allen writes:

>>  doesn't address the elephant in the room - local time.

>It is all too common to find situations where it is difficult to
>ascertain who has authority, over what geographic region, and what
>exactly they are trying to say.  [...]

But contrary to the leap-second, which is imposed by a bunch of
scientists with no democratic or other mandate, those who muck
about with local time are responsible, through whatever goes for
democracy in that locale, to the people affected.

This is a very good argument for the positioin notion that unelected
and unrepresentative scientists should not get to decide where and
when the Sun is supposed to be in the sky above.

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