Feb 19, 2004
Vote Note
In response to David's contribution, just a quick clarification: in my earlier post I took myself to be endorsing, not criticising, the voting-as-self-defense argument.
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Roderick:
I knew that you endorsed it. I was (crudely perhaps) trying to indicate that you might have underestimated the effectiveness of self-defense. Pehaps I assumed too much.