Have you no decency, sir?

Have you no decency, sir?  That's the title of a recent post by Eric S. Raymond, and I find nothing in it to disagree with.  The post is about an example that shows clearly the difference between the political response from both the left and the right to a challenging human problem – and how both responses are deeply problematic.  The comments (as usual for one of his posts) are just as fascinating as the post itself...

One thing Eric says particularly resonates with me: I don't want anybody to associate me with either of the major parties.  Both of them are instruments of power hungry, corrupt big government folks.  There are individuals in both parties who are exceptions to this, but unfortunately they are just that: exceptions...