Sure, Condorcet fails Participation. And of course it would be better to not fail Participation. But Partilcipation isn't about a strategy dilemma. It's about an embarrassment. You know that no method can aviod embarrassments of some kind or other. You know, that goes back to Kenneth Arrow.
For me, the great strategy guarantees that Condorcet offers far outweigh the harmless, non-strategy-related embarrassment of Participation-failure. But I use Partilcipation when comparing Approval to IRV. Some say that's dishonest, to use Participation when my favorite method, Condorcet, fails Participation. But it isn't, because, unlike Condorcet, IRV has no redeeming qualities to outweigh its Participation failure. Mike ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
