Comments on: One more! http://polytikus.com/2007/11/15/one-more/ . . . on what divides and unites the nation. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:19:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: johnleemk http://polytikus.com/2007/11/15/one-more/#comment-3171 johnleemk Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:41:50 +0000 http://polytikus.com/2007/11/15/one-more/#comment-3171 While I share laksarian's views, I think that given a choice between two evils, where that is our only choice, we should opt for the lesser evil. In the short run, that is unfortunately true; good people with good ideas are few and far between, and wherever they do pop up, often suppressed by their superiors. That doesn't mean we should refrain from voting, or vote for the greater evil. In the long run, then of course, we ought to explicitly seek out better choices. Look into starting a new party or reforming the existing ones. But in the short run, where our choices are constrained, we should choose the better one, even if it is still a bad choice. While I share laksarian’s views, I think that given a choice between two evils, where that is our only choice, we should opt for the lesser evil. In the short run, that is unfortunately true; good people with good ideas are few and far between, and wherever they do pop up, often suppressed by their superiors. That doesn’t mean we should refrain from voting, or vote for the greater evil.

In the long run, then of course, we ought to explicitly seek out better choices. Look into starting a new party or reforming the existing ones. But in the short run, where our choices are constrained, we should choose the better one, even if it is still a bad choice.

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