Originally Posted by
jondc9
imagine driving a car across the loneliest road in America, US 50 between ELY NEVADA and Fallon, Nevada. You start your journey in ELY with a properly serviced car...2 miles out of ELY the car appears to only be working at 75% of its potential, do you turn around and drive back to ELY and get it fixed, even though you will be late, and you may have to wait for parts, or do you push on across the Nevada desert for some 300 miles, knowing you will make it somehow to the next town.
An "imperfect" analogy? It's absolutely laden with the conclusion that you so want your listeners to reach.
A better analogy would have started: "Imagine driving from New Haven to New York on the Post Road ..."