Ozy and Millie

Discussion (5) ¬

1. 
   waffle911

   May 10, 2013, 6:26 pm | # | Reply

   That was neither an ice cream cone nor an “Ice Cream Koan.”
2. 
   Kytsuine

   July 29, 2013, 7:42 am | # | Reply

   It is like an ice cream cone. I have lost many a friend over arguments about chocolate versus vanilla versus orange sherbet. Often, what seems to be the best ice cream is outvoted, in favor of one that is mutually undesirable, much as the best candidate is often outvoted in favor of one that just panders to everyone’s wants. Sometimes, even though we know that one fellow is the best, we irrationally, emotionally choose another, much as we choose a horrible flavor of ice cream, just because we haven’t tried it yet. When a girl is feeling bad, some think that ice cream is the best manner of cheering her up, but often, one thinks that it covers all problems, and she gives up on her only friend. Democracy, likewise, has the capacity to affect even those not interested in it. However, in the end, ice cream is still a tasty treat, and democracy is still a seemingly fair form of government.

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     bitflipper

     December 14, 2013, 11:45 am | # | Reply

     You’re over-thinking it, Kyt; democracy is like an ice cream cone in that neither one is actually ice cream.
     ;-P
3. 
   Mazanec the Mongoose

   January 4, 2016, 6:12 am | # | Reply

   It’s the worst system, except for all the alternatives.
4. 
   Maverick MoPete

   December 15, 2018, 12:20 am | # | Reply

   Wait, I figured it out!

   Democracy is like an ice cream cone. No matter what kind of ice cream you put into it, it eventually melts into an inedible sludge.