Re: [EM] Critics and Advocates

2003-08-22 Thread Adam Tarr
John B. Hodges wrote: Subject: Re: [EM] Cheering for simplicity/Orphan From: Joe Mason On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:41:39PM -0500, Adam Haas Tarr wrote: 2) Since it is a Condorcet-compliant method, it shares all the weaknesses that all Condorcet methods have in the eyes of the IRV advocates (i.e.

Re: [EM] Critics and Advocates

2003-08-22 Thread Alex Small
John B. Hodges said: > It is a wonderful thing to be a critic. One's moral purity and social > superiority are assured, without ever having to get out of one's > armchair. You're making a point that I've been making lately on a libertarian discussion board (under a pseudonym). Apparently a prereq

[EM] Critics and Advocates

2003-08-22 Thread John B. Hodges
Subject: Re: [EM] Cheering for simplicity/Orphan From: Joe Mason On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:41:39PM -0500, Adam Haas Tarr wrote: 2) Since it is a Condorcet-compliant method, it shares all the weaknesses that all Condorcet methods have in the eyes of the IRV advocates (i.e. the weak center winne