On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Paul Kislanko wrote:
The original question was how to define the word "spoiler", and I've come to the conclusion that it cannot be used at all without some qualification. An "IRV-spoiler" might be a clone or it might be an IA, and it can be one without being both.
A "spoiler" is the guy we don't like. The guy we blame for our candidate not winning when we skip over blaming our candidate for not winning. A "spoiler" violates the principle of "should have been".
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