[EM] James: Strategy definitions and criteria, 29 March, 0521 GMT

[Chris Benham]

Mike,
It obviously facilitates more fruitful discussion at
EM, and promotes clear thinking if  there is some
standardization of terms ("jargon") for such (what
some consider) important things as distinct
strategies.
You refuse to use or even cooperate with  Blake's term
"Burying" because.....??  The name you instead propose
for the distinct strategy of  down-ranking a
candidate in the hope that it will lose and a more
preferred candidate will win is....what?

I think Blake's use of the term "Burying" is more in
the spirit of its "everyday use" than is yours. When
people bury such things as garbage and dead bodies,
their best case scenario is always that these things
will stay underground (and that was their primary if
not sole purpose in doing the burying.) 
On the other hand, when people down-rank their
favourites in elections they none-the-less (by
definition) still want their favourite to win!(and
their purpose in the operation is to help some
lesser-evil "compromise" candidate beat less preferred
candidates.) 
No, the much better term here is Blake's 
"Compromising".



Chris Benham

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