[EM] Approval vs. IRV

[Dave Ketchum]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:19:52 -0400 Florian Lengyel wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 03:17:30 -0400, Dave Ketchum
> <davek at clarityconnect.com> wrote:
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>>On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:09:31 -0400 Bill Clark wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:03:28 -0700, Brian Olson <bolson at bolson.org> wrote:
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>>Agreed the hard-sciences often talk of randomness - AND - often mean a
>>carefully designed pattern that will produce the variety of numbers that
>>suit their needs.
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>>HOWEVER, the voters properly demand a truthful statement based on what
>>they have said (something usually also demanded in the hard-sciences - who
>>can want outputs appropriate to their random inputs).
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>>Anyway, is it acceptable to elect a lesbian or imbecile 10% of the time if
>>such results would please 10% of the voters?
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> Provided if one could insure that the 10% who voted for the imbecile
> would live with the consequences of the imbecile's economic, military
> and political programs, with the rest of the voters unaffected (or
> living under the policies of the candidate they voted for), that might
> be acceptable.
> 

Trouble with that dream is that ALL must share in what the winner does.

The lesbian might do well, outside of offending those who are offendable.

We have had experience with imbeciles, and should have learned to fear 
their likelydestructiveness.
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