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Please, don't speak about democracy and ITTF in the same context. Any real democracy has controlling elements. Government is controlled by parliament (opposition). Legislation is controlled by the jurisdiction. Any minority has the right to call the courts if it feels discriminated.
Minorities in table tennis don't have this option. So the organized table tennis is only some kind of democracy. It's more like the democracy in the former German Democratic Republic where un-wanted behaviour were treated similarly.
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I respect your opinion and I appreciate your ironic mode. But what do you call when a group of national associations decide to form a world body because they have common international needs. So they form a federation of national associations, create a constitution, set-up a structure, have elections to elect their representatives, and follow the rules of their constitution? This is how all international federations are constituted and function. You cannot compare an International Federation (IF) to a government. An international federation is just that, and it does have its own democratic process. Any rule, change to the constitution, regulation, etc., is decided by a vote.
In Football the off-side rule was once introduced for a purpose, pass back to the goal-keeper banned, the ball was changed, etc. All sports make changes to improve their game. We may not agree with the change made, and we may have different ideas on what changes should be made, but what is important is to trust those that we have elected to do the best they can. If they don't, we elect others at the next election.
By the way, what change was made when John Hilton won the European Championships in 1980?
Adham
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