[EM] FBC ambiguity & language for EM

2002-01-04 Thread Anthony Simmons
>> Subject: [EM] FBC ambiguity & language for EM The quotes here were from a message that didn't use quote marks, so when I started trimming it, it quickly became impossible to recall who said what. So I'm probably replying to several people, identity lost. >> Ok, th

Re: [EM] FBC ambiguity & language for EM

2002-01-03 Thread Richard Moore
MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote: > Still, I'll say that my official version of my definition of voting > Smith over Jones is the > one that adds that it must _not_ be possible to contrive a configuration > of the > other people's ballots such that, if we delete everyone but Smith & > Jones from the > ball

[EM] FBC ambiguity & language for EM

2002-01-03 Thread MIKE OSSIPOFF
ADVERTISEMENT MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote: >As a practical mattter, I haven't found a need to specify the same >scenario, but that >doesn't mean that someone else shouldn't do so. But it seems to me that >it's universally >understood in discussions of voting system criteria & examples that >"ou