"My karma just ran over your dogma." But seriously, Mike, aren't you yourself sometimes just a tinch illiberal? By the way, thanks for the further references. They certainly make it harder to accuse you of ignorance! On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote: > > > >Mike ends his piece with a lovely bit criticising the agenda > >of "academics" (he doesn't have to go "all academics suck!" to prompt > >a response). I quoth- > > > > > But I don't say that Craig's above-quoted attitude is original with > > > him. Maybe Craig has just explained why the academics generally > > > don't seem interested in the standards that concern actual voters. > > > > > > But though I may not agree with the priorities or goals of most > > > academics, I wouldn't insult them by counting Craig among them. > > > I merely mean that he may have copied their style and jargon, and > > > verbalized their values more frankly than they usually do, in > > > the above quoted statement by Craig. > > Catchy, you're too sensitive. All I said was that maybe Craig > has exaplained why academics generally aren't interested in the > standards that concern actual voters. That's a criticism of their > agenda? > > > > > I feel that sometimes people > >feel that in order to achieve theoretical greatness they have to go "out > >in the wilderness." > > David, you tend toward dramatic ways of saying things. I'm > interested in dealing with certain concerns that are important to > lots of voters, and by which they seem dominated & cowed. > I'm sorry if it offends you when I say that the professors whom > you respect so much aren't interested in those concerns, for the > most part. I don't care what dogmas you subscribe to. But why > does it upset you if not everyone shares your loyalty to those > dogmas? > > As for your reading list, I'd suggest Weber & Merrill as the > people to read, for Approval. Weber & Myerson have written > interesting articles on tests for comparing methods. UUCC is > a simplification based on Myerson's corruption test. > > Mike Ossipoff > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important" -Eugene McCarthy
