[lbo-talk] Obama Speaks Out on Trayvon Martin Killing

[Carrol Cox]

> They'd also take the barstool form of "What would you do, wiseguy?" A 
> stammering non-answer would not be helpful.

As a matter of fact, refusal to answer works pretty well in practice -- but
why stammer?  I fell for that question from an AP reporter at the first
anti-war demo I ever was in. Never again. Those who ask, "What would you
do?" aren't actually interested in an answer anyhow.

Carrol