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 > Warren, I don't like your definition of "median" here.  The axes and

> origin are completely arbitrary!



> Here, I've duplicated your example in image form, with your original

> axes:  The cyan circle is your candidate O, and the purple X is your

> candidate X.

> 

> http://tuzakey.com/~scott/2dimensional-median-counter.png



 The axes are supposed to represent issues. This means that they are not set 
arbitrarily.
 
 Rotating the axes would represent mixing issues, which is against the whole 
point using city-block distance.
 
    Raphfrk
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