[Rocky]

“If . . . we wait to see if an ailment is indeed fatal, we will do nothing until we are dead.”

Typical scare tactic.

You have an infection on your hand. It might be gangrene. Amputate immediately! Don't wait to find out what's really causing the problem.

[cogitator]

Don't wait to find out what's really causing the problem.

I think to pursue his analogy, if there is an ailment, we'd diagnose and treat it instead of just waiting to see if it kills us.

[petercooper]

You have an infection on your hand. It might be gangrene. Put together a commission of doctors to hold hearings about your hand. Convene the U.N. Security Council. See if Dr. Blix is available to testify. As long as your hand is contained, you will be fine......