On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Von Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's an analogy. Someone asks me if I want to drown or fall off a > cliff. I answer NEITHER. He then assures me that most people (group > meeting, whatever) are going to choose one or the other, and whichever > wins we're all going to experience. I still chose NEITHER! Either way I > die, what's the difference? Even if not enough people choose neither to > save us all, at least I can know I didn't walk willfully to my death > without a fight.
See, there's the difference between Von, et al., and Levi, et al. It's in the utilities you assign to the outcomes. If you think having either Obama or McCain elected is nigh unto death, Hitler, or Stalin, then your viewpoint makes some sense. But for those that believe that it's really not *that* bad, there may be some value in electing one over the other. Jacob Fugal /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
