Decisions should be made not on absolute badness or goodness of any given outcome, but not comparative goodness of alternative outcomes following from alternative possible decisions.
This is true (well, once you :s/, but not/but on/) however it does not make the original ‘but’ misplaced in any way.
This is true (well, once you :s/, but not/but on/) however it does not make the original ‘but’ misplaced in any way.