Relative preferences, not absolute (was Re: New sw method: "extr

[Steve Eppley]

Demorep wrote:
> I for one can surely support or oppose an alternative in
> isolation. Examples-- 
>    Hitler  100 percent absolute opposition
>    Stalin  100 percent absolute opposition
>    Saddam  100 percent absolute opposition

It's not the words, it's the meaning that counts.  What is the result
if all voters vote to "oppose" all the candidates?  Whatever that
result is, that's the relatively preferred alternative, which is
what the expression of "opposition" actually means. 

---Steve     (Steve Eppley    seppley at alumni.caltech.edu)