Reply #262: My ultimate point was... [View All]

[pipi_k]

that even if someone wants to bet on "win, place, or show", it's presumably his own money he's betting.

Unless he's using the rent money or the kids' college money or whatever.

He's not going to hurt someone else by betting that way.

He may even win if he gets the order right.


But voting for someone who has NO chance at all of winning...or not voting at all, knowing that it's one less vote for someone who could win, and someone who could be (even marginally) better than the other guy...

People who do that might think they're being morally right in voting their consciences, but they may potentially be hurting lots of people who could suffer at the hands of the "worse of two evils".

So what's that....screw other people...at least I voted with my conscience even if lots of people get hurt (or die?) because of it.

No. Sorry...I don't understand the concept of the conscience of the one being more valuable than the lives of the many.

:shrug:



PS...I have indeed been at a racetrack. Many times, in fact. I've never lost more than ten dollars because I only bet $2 per race, and I don't keep betting in the hopes I'll win big. In other words, I know when betting on horses that lose becomes an exercise in futility.