> Given the choice between a secret fool who has fun, and a joyless thought-policing jerk who happens to be right on an issue, people will choose the fool every

> Given the choice between a secret fool who has fun, and a joyless thought-policing jerk who happens to be right on an issue, people will choose the fool every time; and frankly I can't blame them. It always amazes me that people who need so strongly to express their individualism in such ways are willing to tie their own puppet strings and offer to dance to another's will.