Care to comment? "Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."

[G_j]

(Jerry Garcia)

care to comment on this quote?

[niyad]

1. duh

[fenriswolf]

2. weather its an angle of 10 degrees or 60 degrees

its still a downward slope.

[unpossibles]

10. but a 10 degree slope is a lot easier to get back up

frankly, Bush has taught us that sometimes the worse of two evils is so bad that it makes the "lesser" seem to much better (thinking of the Nader argument here).

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

I think that says it all. If someone hates Clinton or Obama or whomever is the nominee so much that they would vote third party and allow someone who wants to make the US more theocratic then I have to question their logic.

[fenriswolf]

11. my metaphor

when combined with the knowledge that our top candidates are handpicked by the media/DNC/corporations our choice will always be chosen for us and will always never represent the american people. Ultimatly 10 degree downward slope that never changes to an upward slope will take you as far down as the 40% one. Get ya their slow or get ya their fast, your still going down baby.

[unpossibles]

17. we the people have more power than you give us credit for

granted most are more than willing to be dumped down the slope, but not all of us. I agree with your point, but frankly would rather have the chance of turning the car around than instantly falling off a cliff.

[thereismore]

3. That's just stating the logically obvious. nt

[Angela Shelley]

4. What´s the fascination with "evil"?

[Buzz Clik]

18. delete

[Dhalgren]

5. The quotation is absolutely correct. And if the Democrats win in

November, I won't cheer; I'll be glad the Republicans lost, but I won't cheer...

[WillParkinson]

9. I feel the same

And that's the truth.

[wtmusic]

6. Applies to the "practicality/ideals" debate

but evil isn't absolute anyway, so you're always choosing the lesser of two evils.

[Buzz cook]

7. Evil?

And who's the evil one this time? Can't be Al Gore cause he was evil in 2000 and evil ones take turns.

[rodeodance]

8. a lesser evil is still lesser.

[TreasonousBastard]

12. This is only a problem if one controls...

all the choices.

Since I don't control all the choices leading up to the one where I see two evils, going for the lesser one does make sense.

(Unless both of then are really, really, evil and I don't have to choose.)

[Lex]

13. How much lesser is the lesser of 2 evils? These kind of decisions are made

ALL the time in daily life.

[bryant69]

14. OK - I got a cliche for you - "If you don't play, you can't win."

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[blindpig]

25. Win what?

It's not a game. It's that stupid mind set that keeps us in a rut. Accepting the choices provided for us by the monied elite is no choice at all. We continue to get the same old shit, and our "choice" is our complicicy in our own abuse.

"May I have another, sir?"

[bryant69]

26. Good luck with that.

My guess is electing a Democrat is more likely than overthrowing a bloody revolution, but I can admire a person willing to go for a longshot.

Bryant

[stray cat]

15. or allowing a greater evil to florish if you don't act and choose the lesser evil

[stray cat]

16. By not voting in 2000 because I didn't like the candidates I enabled W

[Buzz Clik]

19. Personally, there are some evil things that I actually like.

Evil senses of humor.
Evil grins.
Evil women.
Evil Woman (by ELO)
EvilBible.com
The Evil Dead.
Evil Genius.

Is such cases, I prefer the greater evil.

[islandmkl]

22. where or where

is Evil (sp) Knievel when you need him?

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Except where not choosing at all also results in evil

A choice all its own, and still a choice for evil.

[catmandu57]

21. I'm through with holding my nose

No longer will I pick someone I think will do less harm, I may be wrong, that lesser pick may turn out to be the greater. If I'm offered a choice between luke warm shit and warm shit I think I'll pass and go into oblivion with a clear conscience.

[islandmkl]

23. time to take back the system

...where do all of these choices that can only be described as the 'lesser' of anything come from? They come from us, for us, to do what they want to us...because we let them! The goddam Grapes of Wrath have reached through the 'middle class'. "We are the People"...when, and how long ago was that?

[krkaufman]

24. Cartoonish simplification of all alternative choices as "evil" is the root problem ...

... with the concept.

"Choosing the better of two bad choices" might be a less prejudiced way of phrasing the question.

[islandmkl]

28. kind of like

..it's all good but the shitty part.

[Solly Mack]

27. Kind of an obvious statement isn't it?

not being a smart-ass or anything, but I always figured people who said they were choosing the lesser of two evils understood they were still choosing evil.

[Warren DeMontague]

29. Okay. But if anything, Jerry was a small-l libertarian.

Saw a bird with a tear in his eye
Walking to New Orleans my oh my
Hey, now, Bird, wouldn't you rather die
Than walk this world when you're born to fly?

If I was the sun, I'd look for shade
If I was a bed, I would stay unmade
If I was a river I'd run uphill
If you call me you know I will
If you call me you know I will

Ooo, freedom
Ooo, liberty
Ooo, leave me alone
To find my own way home
To find my own way home

Say what I mean and I don't give a damn
I do believe and I am who I am
Hey now Mama come and take my hand
Whole lotta shakin' all over this land

If I was an eagle I'd dress like a duck
Crawl like a lizard and honk like a truck
If I get a notion I'll climb this tree
or chop it down and you can't stop me
Chop it down and you can't stop me

Ooo, freedom
Ooo, liberty
Ooo, leave me alone
To find my own way home
To find my own way home

Went to the well but the water was dry
Dipped my bucket in the clear blue sky
Looked in the bottom and what did I see?
The whole damned world looking back at me

If I was a bottle I'd spill for love
Sake of mercy I'd kill for love
If I was a liar I'd lie for love
Sake of my baby I'd die for love
Sake of my baby I'd die for love

Ooo, freedom
Ooo, liberty
Ooo, leave me alone
To find my own way home
To find my own way home
I'm gonna find my own way home

[LoveOverGold]

30. An excuse for apathy, IMO

I loved ol Jerry, but I think he'd have a different opinion after the last seven years of Dumbo The Clown's reign of terra. It's like watching a car try to back out of an icy parking space, it slips, spins, slides sideways...then it catches and out you go! Never give up. "Life is change, see how it differs from the rocks..."