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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=769040801-03122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>At no time did I ever say that "Condorcet is flawed". At
various times I said I was uncomfortable with the way some methods broke cycles,
and many times I said that claims made by people about it were
unproven.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=769040801-03122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>It is not up to me to "prove" that someone else's unproven
assertion is false, when I all I did was point out that it was an unproven
assertion. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> election-methods-bounces@electorama.com
[mailto:election-methods-bounces@electorama.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>rob
brown<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 02, 2005 4:36 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Paul
Kislanko<BR><B>Cc:</B> Dave Ketchum;
election-methods@electorama.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [EM] thoughts on the
pairwise matrix<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>On 12/2/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Paul Kislanko</B> <<A
href="mailto:kislanko@airmail.net">kislanko@airmail.net</A>> wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">The
only thing I asked was for people who make logical or mathematical<BR>claims
to prove them.<BR><BR>No one wants to bother, so I don't
care.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Paul, you made claims that Condorcet was flawed, but refused to
"prove" or even defend your complaints. While maybe not a mathematical
proof, I felt that I put forward a strong argument that your main complaint
was not valid. You replied with "I don't have to support my
argument". <BR></DIV><BR>I think you are expecting an awful lot to post broad
attacks on Condorcet, refuse to back them up when called on them, and then ask
us to prove the methods valid to your
liking.<BR><BR>-rob</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>