To: hivemind who wrote (14931 ) 11/12/2000 4:33:22 PM From: SOROS Read Replies (1) | Respond to Okay, I may have overstated the "inferior intelligence" part of this equation. Regardless, my argument that there were rules in place, however, remains the same. It does not matter, after the fact, that the ballot could have been a little clearer. It was pre-approved and therefore this ballot, just as every other ballot, falls under those same rules. Have you never made a mistake on a test, or putting something together, or in a game which cost you a higher grade, or ruined your project, or lost you the game? AFTER the fact, you could even "prove" that based on what you were thinking because of how something was presented to you, that it was an "honest mistake." BUT, you still lost BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE RULES IN EFFECT at the time of what you were doing? How many football games were lost because the rules say the referees make the judgment call and later, tapes PROVE that they made the wrong call? Did you ever see them go back and change the result? NO! And why? Because we live in a society with rules. If the rules prove to be inferior, then they change the rules -- i.e. the challenge tapes in football now. Nothing is perfect, but if we allow the loser in this election to keep changing the rules until he gets the desired outcome, then a Pandora's box will have been opened which will have far-reaching effects we will all regret.
