[EM] Chris--That's good, stand by what you said

[MIKE OSSIPOFF]

Chris--

You said:

I am an Australian, and Mike O.'s generalisation about Australian IRV
voters (that they employ FPP strategy to a great or significant degree)
certainly doesn't "ring true" to me either!
I stand by my previous posts in which I tried in vain to put Mike right
on this score.

I reply:

You're right, Chris: If I generalized by saying that the fact that 3 
Australians told me that favorite-burial is common in Australlian IRV proves 
that every Australian  knows that favorite-burial is common in Australian 
IRV, then I was completely wrong to make that generalization.

But, Chris, would you do me a favor, and tell us the day of the posting in 
which I said that the fact that 3 Australians told me that favorite-burial 
is common in Australian IRV proves that all Australians know that 
favorite-burial is common in Australian IRV?

I didn't say that the statement "ring[s] true to all Australians. I said 
that three Australians have told me that. So you're saying that they're 
liars?

Thank you, Chris, for your posts in which you tried to put me right, and for 
standing by those posts. I stand by my report about what Australians have 
said. Maybe the ratio is 3 to 2, or maybe it's equal. Let's call it equal. 
Half of the Australians whose opinion I've heard say that favorite-burial is 
common in Australian IRV, and the other half say that they haven't heard of 
it.

Could it be that there are countries in which people don't all have the same 
information, and therefore don't agree on everything? No, say it isn't so!

Mike Ossipoff

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