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	Benevolent dictator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The benevolent dictator is a more modern version of the classical "enlightened despot", being an undemocratic or authoritarian leader who exercises his or her political power for the benefit of the people rather than exclusively for his or her own self-interest or benefit, or for the benefit of only a small portion of the people.
		In many cases dictators who serve in office for a very lengthy period are more likely to be regarded as benevolent, for the simple reason that they will often be forced to pay some attention to the public's interests in order to remain in power, and more importantly, be regarded as politically legitimate.
		Dictators who hold office for a brief period of time, or are simply members of a rotating dictatorial elite (for example see the Generals) may have less charismatic authority and prove to be forgettable and easier to demonize.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benevolent_dictator (575 words)

	Benevolent Dictator for Life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL) is the informal, slightly tongue-in-cheek title given to a respected individual in the open source development community who sets general directions and makes final calls in certain situations within the scope of a given project.
		Of course, a project coordinator cannot really be anything like a dictator in the sense that he or she ultimately cannot enforce a decision, since a project fork is always possible.
		The title is a play on the concept of a benevolent dictator and a president for life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_for_Life (407 words)

	A 'Benevolent Dictator' by Gail Jarvis
		They admit that Lincoln was a dictator, but try to sanitize his actions as being those of a "benevolent dictator," dismissing his illegal and cruel acts as simply minor abuses of power.
		Dictators do not feel bound by rules of law; their actions must not be questioned, they do not negotiate, and they silence or eliminate those who oppose their policies.
		Like most dictators, he aggressively silenced and eliminated any opposition – primarily with "treason trials" for those he accused of "disloyalty." Conviction of treason was a foregone conclusion and those convicted were executed and their property confiscated.
	www.lewrockwell.com /jarvis/jarvis87.html (1622 words)

	Wikinfo \| Dictator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Today, dictator is usually understood to mean a person who controls or governs a totalitarian or authoritarian regime, and usually carries a connotation of brutality and oppression.
		Julius Caesar was named dictator for a 10 year term in 46 BC and "dictator for life" in 45, both irregular appointments.
		A benevolent dictator is an undemocratic or authoritarian leader who uses his powers for the good of his people, and not just his own self interest.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Dictator (389 words)

	Benevolent Dictatorship
		This means that the more benevolent a leader, the less democracy we need and the less benevolent a leader, the more democracy we need.
		Benevolent Dictatorship, therefore, is not a matter of advocacy as is often brought to question whenever we praise the virtues of, say, Lee(Kuan Yew)ism or Mahathirism.
		It is merely but one state (for that matter it is an extreme state) in the continuum of the inversely proportional relationship between benevolence and degree of democracy that I described in the preceding paragraph.
	www.geocities.com /benign0/agr-disagr/12-6-dictator.html (465 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - What is a "Benevolent" Dictatorship?
		If there were a benevolent dictatorship, it would have to be an extremely small amount of people living under that government, and even then I doubt it could last beyond the reign of one dictator.
		They are dictators who aren't interested in milking the people for every penny they're worth to consolidate their power but rather rule from what they believe to be the best of intentions.
		It is possible to have a benevolent dictator, but not a benevolent dictatorship, as the instutionalized rule of a single person inevitably leads to problems.
	boards.theforce.net /message.asp?topic=21527972 (1623 words)

	Chapter 4. Social and Political Infrastructure
		benevolent dictator model is exactly what it sounds like: final decision-making authority rests with one person, who, by virtue of personality and experience, is expected to use it wisely.
		It is common for the benevolent dictator to be a founder of the project, but this is more a correlation than a cause.
		Whether your project should have a benevolent dictator, or would run better with some less centralized system, largely depends on who is available to fill the role.
	producingoss.com /html-chunk/social-infrastructure.html (1412 words)

	Media Bypass - Publisher Words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Essentially a dictator is the ruling party who does what he wants without regard to the will of the people - and he certainly does not pay much heed to the law of God.
		As a matter of fact, a dictator does what he wants because he believes he is the supreme authority.
		While the U.S. government certainly does not fit the strict dictionary definition of a dictator, in that it is comprised of many instead of one, and it allows elections where the people can choose from either of the pre-selected candidates, the other characteristics of a dictator ring some pretty loud bells.
	www.mediabypass.com /archives/may-03-publisher_words.htm (669 words)

	Want good kids? Be a (benevolent) dictator! - Parenting - MSNBC.com
		Benevolent means kind, caring, and compassionate, and dictator refers to the parent having the final vote.
		Marcus’s folks believed in running their family as a benevolent dictatorship, and they were very good at it.
		Remember, this is a benevolent dictatorship, not an unfair, my-way-or-the-highway style of parenting.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5770689 (2772 words)

	Benevolent - Uganda's "Benevolent" Dictatorship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Organisation providing the services that preserve quality of life for serving and retired Fire Service personnel and their families when they need it most.
		The RUC Benevolent Fund is a registered charity.
		Since its founding on February 16, 1868, the Benevolent and Protective The first lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Canada was
	www.iseeklinks.com /q/benevolent.htm (184 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The simplest non-trivial case is when a project has multiple co-maintainers working under a single `benevolent dictator' who owns the project.
		Pursuing this logic, we see that a `benevolent dictator' does not in fact own his entire project absolutely.
		By custom, the `dictator' or project leader in a project with co-developers is expected to consult with those co-developers on key decisions.
	www.catb.org /~esr/writings/homesteading/homesteading/ar01s16.html (722 words)

	GreenReaper - Creatures Wiki
		The Dictatorship of Creatures Wiki is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its burgeoning norn population and complete lack of social welfare.
		Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.341 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
		The children of Creatures Wiki are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, the tenet of free speech is held dear, the government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, major internet servers have acquired citizenship and are voting in national elections, all alcohol is banned, and euthanasia is legal.
	creatures.wikia.com /wiki/GreenReaper (270 words)

	Return of the benevolent dictator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		President Frederick Chiluba of Zambia, a president elected with a large majority in 1991, went native and by last year was rewriting the law books to prevent rival Kenneth Kaunda, on the basis of his ancestry, from contesting for his job.
		In Ethiopia, after a victory in a referendum and multiparty elections, the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi proceeded to throw more journalists in jail than his predecessor, the military dictator Haile Mariam Mengistu.
		In Kenya, KANU cane-wielders and stone throwers have beaten up more opposition politicians since the return to multiparty politics in 1992, than the period before when there was one-party rule.
	www.africanews.com /article59.html (630 words)

	[Python-Dev] Benevolent dictator versus the bureaucratic committee?
		It is proof in my mind of how effective the benevolent dictator model is, and how ineffective a language run by committee would be.
		New SIGs seem to have stopped since this list creation, and it seems that issues that should be discussed in new SIGS are now discussed here.
		We may have a lieutentant responsible for different areas, and could only exercise their authority with small, trivial changes.
	mail.python.org /pipermail/python-dev/1999-November/001090.html (1001 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Fascist dictator was benevolent, says Italian PM
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		Fascist dictator was benevolent, says Italian PM In comments sure to renew concern over the lasting legacy of fascism in mainstream Italian politics, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi set off a political fire-storm on Thursday after saying that former Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was a benevolent leader who never killed anyone.
		Berlusconi has also been accused of passing laws to avoid a criminal conviction and of connections to the mafia.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=7438 (378 words)

	Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--Tiberius
		He was defeated, and on being bidden by the Senate to appoint a dictator, he appointed his messenger Glycias, as if again making a jest of his country's peril.
		It is notorious besides that all the Claudii were aristocrats and staunch upholders of the prestige and influence of the patricians, with the sole exception of Publius Clodius, who for the sake of driving Cicero from the city had himself adopted by a plebeian [60 B.C.] and one too who was younger than himself.
		This family too, though of plebeian origin, was yet of great prominence and had been honoured with eight consulships, two censorships, and three triumphs, as well as with the offices of dictator and master of the horse.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/suet-tiberius-rolfe.html (11043 words)

	Confession of a Benevolent Dictator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When we dictate policy, we are a dictator.
		Wheather or not we are benevolent or totalitarian depends on our attitude as well as our approach.
		Violent, insensitive or whining spouses who control their environments like totalitarian dictators.
	www.mefford.org /mmm/confessions.htm (497 words)

	Benevolent dictator - Meta
		It should be noted that Jimbo disputes this term.
		Possible alternatives for calling Jimbo benevolent dictator or BDFL:
		Although the deus in question is a pagan mythological figure (in a time when omnipotence was not even associated with gods in general), similar objections as against GodKing might be thinkable.
	meta.wikimedia.org /wiki/BenevolentDictator (614 words)

	Whether a tiny fascist or benevolent dictator, South America needs something Evo Morales
		When I was about 7 or 8, I’d have these sprawling, epic fantasies of being a worshipped leader of a nation.
		Looking back, it seems kind of weird, but one must admit that being a 7-year-old, beloved fascist dictator must be a real hoot.
		I never truly built on my fascist fantasies and really am not much of an ideologue of any type at this point.
	www.bestsyndication.com /2005/WIlliam-WOLFRUM/123005_dictator.htm (493 words)

	JBoss’s Fleury: The 'benevolent dictator' is good for Java \| InfoWorld \| News \| 2004-04-30 \| By Paul Krill
		JBoss’s Fleury: The 'benevolent dictator' is good for Java
		By the end of the day, JBoss is responsible, stands up, has contracts, does business, and it’s a good thing to have this central figure, benevolent dictator image that that’s used over and over.
		And I think Sun has done a tremendous job in that respect as the benevolent dictator.
	www.infoworld.com /article/04/04/30/HNfleury_1.html (1555 words)

	Singapore Leads the Good Life Under a Benevolent Dictator
		The highways are lined with tropical flowers and crowded with BMWs.
		And at the head of this thriving free-market state is a clever, socialist dictator.
		Just forty years ago Singapore was a war-battered British port on an island off the southern tip of Malaysia.
	sustainer.org /dhm_archive/search.php?display_article=vn210singaporeed (877 words)

	The Social Customer Manifesto: And A Benevolent Dictator At That
		The Social Customer Manifesto: And A Benevolent Dictator At That
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	www.socialcustomer.com /2006/03/and_a_benevolen.html (263 words)

	N E O F L U X \| Benevolent Dictator?
		Nevermind that Hussein has already gassed an ethnic population (Kurds) of his own country and invading a neighbor (Kuwait).
		While he certainly hasn't been as 'successful' as Hitler was - I think this makes him worse than a simple brutal dictator.
		while we're on the subject of comparing a dictator to hitler, why leave out good old president bush?
	www.neoflux.com /archive/data/2002/0808-163404.shtml (915 words)

	the mozilla.org mission
		because the dictator always tries to do the right thing.
		Because if the dictator stops doing the right thing, the dictator becomes ignored, and ceases to be a dictator at all.
		For those more democratically-minded, another way of looking at it is that the final arbiter really is something of an elected official: the voting process consists of whether anyone listens to them.
	www.mozilla.org /mission.html (1084 words)

	Nikolai Bezroukov. Portraits of Open Source Pioneers. Ch 4: A Slightly Skeptical View on Linus Torvalds
		Yet another fairytale (that actually is a part of "Raymondism") is that Linus invented new software development model: a democratic (bazaar) distributed development.
		Actually Linus operated and operates like a dictator and rules the development of the kernel with an iron fist, especially since version 2.0.
		What was really new is that along with technical talent Linus Torvalds proved to be a brilliant PR person who played a significant role in Linux gold rush (Red Hat and VA Linux IPOs) and in the controversial success of the Transmeta IPO.
	www.softpanorama.org /People/Torvalds/index.shtml (9823 words)

	Bored But Busy
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		Beth has set herself up as a benevolent dictator.
		She’s pregnant, so she can do that sort of thing.
	www.boredbutbusy.com /2005/03/05/dear-benevolent-dictator (252 words)

	XML.com: The Benevolent Dictator of SAX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It will be interesting to see if other organizations follow OASIS's lead, and the reaction they elicit from the XML-DEV community, which hasn't always been noted for its love of standards organizations or committees.
		In the absence of consensus, and with Megginson's unambiguous wish to step down, it may be that the decision of a successor will fall to him: the last ruling of the benevolent dictator of SAX.
		Megginson has invested enormous effort to make SAX the ubiquitous tool it is today.
	www.xml.com /pub/2000/10/04/sax (1205 words)

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