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Robert*PPS wrote: 3) Arguing that standing on principle risks the country is like arguing that one should not rock the boat for fear of capsizing when there is a person at the front laughing hysterically and drilling a hole in the hull.

Not to push the analogy too far but...If someone is drilling a whole in the boat, you might be able to bail fast enough or plug the whole long enough to survive long enough to get to shore and repair it. If you capsize, you are done.