Kim Jong Il Thinks He's a God-King: Why Ignore It?

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 10:52 AM 5/26/00 -0700, Brad DeLong opined:
>If I understand you, you are saying that
>
>--when we do counterfactual history we are attempting the impossible 
>task of figuring out what would have happened.
>
>--when we do politics we choose between alternative courses of action 
>by choosing the course which rests on whatever principle makes us 
>feel best.
>
>This is quite possibly the silliest thing I have read on this list...
>

Which part of your version of my argument the word "this" in the last
sentence refers to?

wojtek