Originally Posted by Randy Petersen
Unfortunately, two members of the TalkBoard from outside the U.S. can't relate to that separation of powers and it's everything i can do to use it as a positive example.
I would not normally respond to this publicly, but since it is pretty clear who you are referring to - I am very familiar with the concept of separation of powers, from comparative constitutional law studies in the US and Germany.
And Dovster explained it quite well that separation of powers in the traditional sense - as it is practiced both in the US and in Europe - actually differs from the example of Flyertalk, if one were to look at it as a state. I wouldn't look at it as a state, but you brought up the example.
But I fully accept that Flyertalk is not a state, and that therefore the owner of Flyertalk decides on whichever model of separation of powers he deems appropriate.