Lesser Evil Vote: Tama ba o mali?

**4JGtootsie** · March 21st, 2010 08:21 AM

Hope we will have a factual, wholesome and "friendlier" exchange of ideas.
I only want the most qualified person to be our next president.

"Built it and they will come"

**Gen. Miting** · March 21st, 2010 07:10 PM

it depends on the DNA of the voter. kung ang approach na sa life is laging planado, cautious, always like to start from scratch pag may na-encounter na big problem, he may as well choose the lesser evil. pero kung ang approach nya sa life eh spontaneous, loves the unpredictability and willing to lose today instead of starting all-over, choose the other one.

**sgt_taga** · March 21st, 2010 11:48 PM

para sa akin, maling-mali ang "lesser evil vote mentality". this is getting ahead of democracy. in other words, inuutakan ang demokratikong pamamaraan ng paghalal. dapat eh iboto natin ang talagang gusto nating iboto at pagkatiwalaan ang demokrasya na maluluklok ang pinakamaraming botong nakuha. ilan lang sa mga kamalian ng pananaw na ito (sa tingin ko) ay:
1. ang halalan ay mananatili na lamang popularity contest at di na tungkol sa tunay na serbisyo
2. ang mga survey ang laging magdidikta ng kahihinatnan ng mga halalan; eh bakit pa tayo gagastos ng sangkatutak ng pera para magbotohan... eh survey lang naman pala ok na!
3. kung susuriin nang maigi, ito ay isang uri ng pandaraya. dinadaya ang mga sistema; dinadaya ang ibang kandidato; dinadaya ang sambayanan.
4. sa biglaang tingin, ito raw ay "smart" na pananaw... pero sa bandang huli, lalo na pag ang niluklok na "lesser evil" candidate ay isa na namang tiwali, ang pananaw na ito ay walang iba kungdi tagausig lang nang kunsensya.
5. ang pagboto ay tungkol sa pagbibigay ng pagkakataon sa gusto mong kandidato at HINDI ang pagdagdag sa kawalan ng pagkakataon sa ayaw mo.

**oliver1013** · March 22nd, 2010 12:04 AM

Kaya dapat 2 party system..para wala nang ganitong lesser lesser evil. Kwarta o kahon lang

**safeorigin** · March 22nd, 2010 12:07 AM

meh, "good" and "evil" are so subjective. People should be reading the Leviathan.

**CVT** · March 22nd, 2010 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by 4JGtootsie

Hope we will have a factual, wholesome and "friendlier" exchange of ideas.
I only want the most qualified person to be our next president.

"Built it and they will come"

Parang Field Of Dreams ito, ha?...

Originally Posted by oliver1013

Kaya dapat 2 party system..para wala nang ganitong lesser lesser evil. Kwarta o kahon lang

Agree here. That is one of the wisdoms of a 2-party system... Pero kasi, dito sa atin,- we are voting on the personality,- not on the party, which is not good, IMO....

9505:spam:

**mrpink** · March 22nd, 2010 09:28 AM

one man's lesser evil is another man's greater good ...

**rael** · March 22nd, 2010 10:34 AM

nobody is perfect. so if we call any imperfection as evil, then we don't have a choice but to choose the least evil.

on the other extreme, we cannot and will not find a perfect candidate, so we must choose the most correct one. "most correct" doesn't mean he's flawless.