On Tue, 27 May 2003 18:07:00 -0400, Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Yes, you're missing something. Of course the voting system should > allow you to express your belief. However, it should also treat it > properly. I see. If I consider A to be unacceptable, what is the propoer way of handling this? > He's discussing the situation where people who prefer B, but find A > acceptable (sincere vote would be BAD), lie and claim that they find > A unacceptable (actual vote is BDA). This gives them an *advantage* > over voting sincerely. It's not usually considered desirable for > people to gain an advantage by voting insincerely. (Although it's > hard to avoid all possible such situations with any voting system > which always picks a winner.) Ah, so now it is a matter of determining intent. So, short of providing code for telepathically determining the voters intent, how can one cater to people who really find A unacceptable, and are voting honestly, from people who would consider A acceptable, but are lying to give B an edge? manoj -- You have taken yourself too seriously. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C