<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>Dave Ketchum wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>I started this thread to compare IRV vs Condorcet, believing that IRV is <BR>provably less capable and deserves discarding.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Dave,</DIV>
<DIV>Comparing a decisive method with a criterion is a bit like comparing a</DIV>
<DIV>person with "virtue". As soon as you tell us which *decisive method*<BR>you support I will be happy to discuss its comparison with IRV.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Or failing that, perhaps you could give us some clue as to what method</DIV>
<DIV>you support by telling us some other criteria besides the Condorcet Criterion</DIV>
<DIV>that you think a method should meet.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Chris Benham<BR></DIV></div><br>
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