[EM] Maths usefulness

[Anthony Simmons]

>> From:  MIKE OSSIPOFF
>> Subject: Re: Richard & the diagram

>> >I think it should be pointed out that "distances from lines
>> >drawn on a diagram" is not something different from the
>> >concerns of the voter-on-the-street, but merely a more
>> >precise picture of it.

>> Fine. But I must have missed the part where Richard
>> related it to the concerns of voters. For instance,
>> Steve's & my defensive strategy criteria speak directly to
>> the lesser-of-2-evils problem which cowes voters and
>> dominates their voting.

You're not telling me that people routinely object to any
post not explicitly justified by direct reference to concerns
actually stated by large numbers of voters, are you?