When I was 19 I worked in a nursing home for a summer. There was a patient who had a labotomy a few years previous because he was extremely violent. His options were the labotomy or a mental hospital. After the labotomy he was calmer but also somewhat mentally challenged. He was prone to fits of temper and foul language and couldn't carry on a conversation.

Two sides of the coin:

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=199
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/articles/moniz/index.html


>>There's no such thing as voting 'present' in an election. :o) During the primaries (in some states) you can vote 'uncommitted' but not in the election in the fall (or at least I don't ever recall seeing that as an option). If something doesn't change my mind between now and November, I'll vote for my current choice. Right now it is:
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>>1st candidate: 60% against, 40% in agreement
>>2nd candidate: 40% against, 60% in agreement
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>>It will either boil down to which candidate I agree with the most, or which candidate I agree with on the issues that matter most to me right now.
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>>One or two I am unwilling to compromise on.
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>>>>The same issues that troubled me before still trouble me now (although his tax plans certainly added a major concern to my list). There are issues I agree with him on as well and I'm still not convinced McCain is a better option. I'm leaning one way, but I'm still researching.
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>>>So... you're for the moment kinda voting "present". ;-)
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>For those who still aren't decided, I'd recommend a labotomy. If y'all don't want one of those, you might think about building a decision matrix.