Re: [EM] critical theory - election methods as a remedy

2009-03-19 Thread Fred Gohlke
Good Morning, Michael re: My offer of free software is not much help, because you cannot modify it yourself. But you may find someone who can. I'm sorry. I'm so out of step I didn't even realize you'd offered me free software. You're right, though. I couldn't modify it. re:

Re: [EM] critical theory - election methods as a remedy

2009-03-17 Thread Michael Allan
Fred Gohlke wrote: Good Morning, Michael re: ... you might consider that a strict implementation of your method is unnecessary ... I outlined a concept, implementation is a separate step. It is, I think, inevitable that the implementors will modify the method to suit the

Re: [EM] critical theory - election methods as a remedy

2009-03-14 Thread Fred Gohlke
Good Morning, Michael re: ... you might consider that a strict implementation of your method is unnecessary ... I outlined a concept, implementation is a separate step. It is, I think, inevitable that the implementors will modify the method to suit the circumstances they deem

Re: [EM] critical theory - election methods as a remedy

2009-03-10 Thread Fred Gohlke
Good Morning, Michael re: You and he [Habermas] have similar aims. That's true. You could say, for me, he was 'preaching to the choir'. Since you cited his work, could it be you share some of his aims? Thank you for the insight into the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory and its aims. I

Re: [EM] critical theory - election methods as a remedy

2009-03-10 Thread Michael Allan
Fred Gohlke wrote: That's true. You could say, for me, he was 'preaching to the choir'. Since you cited his work, could it be you share some of his aims? I share only one of Habermas's aims, and only in part. In general, once again, the aims of critical theory are: i) To describe the