[elbucko]

"Let's see if I understand this. The "option" he absolutely had was to...."

No, not exactly. Remember this type of option is mandatory in the world of the Left.

T.S. White had the contrariness of socialism in the quote: "All things not permitted are forbidden".

It's obvious that part of this "option" was "not permitted".(sarcasm/off)

[LibertyGirl77]

I thought it was, "That which is not mandatory is forbidden."