[lbo-talk] Kerry's Tax Cut Makes Me Wanna Ralph

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Yoshie:
> 
> The more you think about Kerry's program, the less likely it is for
> you to vote for him.  And thanks to the Democratic Party nomination
> process that was more frontloaded than ever, everyone will have
> months to think about it.  :-)

Yoshie, I really do not understand your logic.  Let's imagine the
following hypothetical situation - a terminally ill patient is
desperately looking for cure.  A doctor proposes a treatment that at
best is questionable and unproven - it may slow the progression of the
disease or it may have no effect at all.  A priest points at the
likelihood that the treatment may not be effective, and recommends
abandoning it altogether in favor of a faith "therapy."

Most sensible people, and I am pretty sure you are among them, would not
deny the sick patient even the meager benefits of a questionable
treatment - and most would view replacing that treatment with faith
"therapy" as an essentially criminal act.  In fact, parents have been
prosecuted for faith "therapy" in lieu of medical treatment of their
sick children.

Your standing on the upcoming election, however, is equivalent to
proposing a faith therapy instead of a questionable treatment.  The
choice is between a solution that may have some limited effect (voting
for Kerry) and the one that is 100% certain not to have any effect at
all (voting for Nader & Co.).  Most rational people would opt for the
former, even if they expected only rather limited results.  Yet, you opt
for the latter.  WHY?  Can you explain your thought process?

Wojtek