this isn't going to mean very much but I very much respect the fact that you and Tony lived through Reagan et al and were not conditioned to want this continent burned to the ground as a result. maybe I haven't earned the right to my bleakness - I sure wish I could leave it aside somewhere.

I guess all I can say, which probably won't mean very much itself, is that I think there's a world of difference between "I absolutely hate that this is the choice" (no argument there) and "Therefore it doesn't matter." I can't help it, I will always believe it matters, though not nearly enough.