My feelings are mixed when it comes to in-betweens. Some seem quite positive, others less so but necessary, and still others downright bad. They are bad when they seem to be cop-outs, a lack of decisiveness, or an abundance of expediency that reeks of timidity, preventing bold steps required by a situation—at least the bold steps that I think are required. Not to say that compromise in human affairs should not be pursued, at least when a good bargain is better than none at all. Fortunately, few situations offer stark choices between pure good and unadulterated evil, exceedingly rich and desperately poor, or between life and death. Not all choices, even tough choices, rise to the level of Chamberlain-like ignominious appeasements that fall somewhere in-between the extremes of peace and war. Everyday life presents us with much less fraught extremes to bracket our options.

当涉及到中间的时候，我的感觉很复杂。有些看上去很积极，有些则不太必要，但有些则完全不好。当他们看起来很精打细算，缺乏果断性或充裕的冒充怯的权宜之计，阻止情况下需要采取的大胆步骤（至少我认为这是必需的大胆步骤）时，它们就是不好的。更不要说至少在一项讨价还价总比没有讨价还价要好的时候，不应在人类事务中寻求妥协。幸运的是，很少有情况在纯洁善良和纯朴的邪恶，极其富裕和极度贫穷的贫富之间或生与死之间提供鲜明的选择。并非所有的选择，甚至艰难的选择，都达到了像张伯伦般igno毁的app靖水平，而这种app靖却落入了和平与战争的极端之间。