A few years ago, the Swedish parliment was divided between two parties perfectly evenly. There were quite a number of votes where tie votes were broken by coin toss. (We have some follks over from our Stockholm office. We were surprised that they were'nt more amused by our election (many outlanders are quite snide about it), and on asking, learned the above.) Peter

---------- From: Tim May[SMTP:tcmay@got.net] Reply To: Tim May Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 1:39 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Aces high

At 12:42 PM -0500 11/16/00, David Honig wrote:

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At 04:36 AM 11/16/00 -0500, Bill Stewart wrote:

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A good tomato throwing fight _would_ be a pretty appropriate way to resolve this election. You can vote early and often...

Its a shame duelling is passe.

It's sad to see so many otherwise-careful people calling for "flips of a coin," "hands of poker," and "duels at sunrise."

Even if meant in jest, as a comment on the situation, it undermines the basic issue of law.

--Tim May -- (This .sig file has not been significantly changed since 1992. As the election debacle unfolds, it is time to prepare a new one. Stay tuned.)