1.  I still find it funny that bozos like you assume that I
   would vote for Gore.  But that's one thread that will probably
   not lead anywhere with your type.

   2.  I did not say that the right resolution for Palm Beach
   County was to let them vote.  I simply stated that the goal is
   of an election was to figure out what the electorate wanted,
   not whether the electorate was good at using or abusing any
   particular voting technique or process.  Tim and company (and
   perhaps you) seemed to be quite absolutist in the notion that
   whatever shit happens on election day, that's the way it is,
   and no one ever get a chance to correct anything.  I don't
   subscribe to that absolutist view.  I also did not say that
   any flexibility or compromise resolution is only for Palm
   County or any other Gore-leaning counties.  YOU and Tim and
   the rest made that assumption (hence, probably item #1 above).

   3.  Unlike many of you nuts, I do not subscribe to the notion
   that violence is the next step (even if you claim that YOU
   yourself wouldn't do it, but someone else will ... that's just
   a lot of chicken shit BS).  If you want powder keg and ammo
   and Ryder trucks, you are on a different planet than mine.  It
   is not impossible for me to ever pick up a gun, but it is not
   anywhere near top-10 on my list.  I may agree with you and Tim
   on crypto, but I certain loath to meet either of you in person
   on the streets.  Your anti-everything and get out of my hair
   anger is just too much for my tastes.

   Ern

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Gil Hamilton [[1]mailto:gil_hamilton@hotmail.com]
   Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 11:08 AM
   To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
   Subject: Re: Rants and sour grapes ...

   Ernest Hua writes:
   >It is abundantly clear to me that much of the ranting going on here on
   this
   >list is at least 50% sour grapes.
   >
   >Not to pick on Tim, but he just seems like a convenient example; it is
   >clear in Tim's mind that he does not want the possibility of Gore
   being the
   >next president. He may have some procedural reasons to back this rant
   up,
   >but he definitely does not like Gore.

   You arrogant pinhead. It is you who have been whining that these
   poor dimwitted voters in Palm Beach County must be allowed to vote
   again; after all, "the voters should get what they want."

   In any case, if they did hold a revote in Palm Beach County, what
   happens after that?  What if Bush is still ahead and there are more
   spoiled ballots?  What if Gore is ahead, but there are spoiled
   ballots?  Or, is the objective to just allow them to re-vote again
   and again until you and Gore get the outcome you're looking for?

   And what about other states?  There were spoiled ballots in every
   state and probably every precinct, and I have no doubt there was
   some idiot confused by the ballot in every such case.  What is the
   threshold at which we allow that state or precinct to vote over
   again?

   I'm beginning to think Tim is right:  The fuse on this powder keg
   is lit.  The NAACP and its ilk, along with Gore partisans like you,
   will never accept the outcome of this election.

   And holding a re-vote is the beginning of the end.  Republicans
   aren't likely to let the Dems get away with stealing it back.  In
   the end, I guess Slick Willie will just have to declare himself
   dictator-for-life and invoke martial law to "maintain order".

   Better stock up on ammo, folks.  (Maybe Y2K was just a few months
   late.)

   - GH

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