<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Eric Gorr wrote in part:<BR>
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>>45 A>B>C<BR>
>>6 B>A>C<BR>
>>5 B>C>A<BR>
>>44 C>B>A <BR>
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>The entire population would rather have B then the apparently primary <BR>
>opposition.<BR>
>So, B should win.<BR>
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>>Actually neither myself nor those who disagree with me can be <BR>
>>certain as to whether B is really a low utility turkey ( the least <BR>
>>worst) or a popular compromise ( the most best).<BR>
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>Finding the most preferred option is the goal.<BR>
>Whether that option is the least worst or the most best does not matter.<BR>
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I have to disagree strongly with that last sentence. Utility is important. A low utility 'least bad' centrist turkey is not the same as a genuinely preferred compromise.<BR>
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David Gamble<BR>
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