Who benefits from fighting the idea that government is for the people?
Trump and his like. The rest of us need to continue to fight for the idea that government is for the people.
Avril Taylor, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
• Aboriginal First Nations everywhere have been fighting that idea for aeons, as it is obvious to them that the imposed government has been strongly tilted in favour of the colonial occupiers of their native lands. Here in Canada they are having some success in righting past wrongs.
Anthony Walter, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
• Fanatic and despotic factions. Or private companies selling megaphones?
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
• Students pursuing the edicts of Socrates.
Peter Stone, Paddington, NSW, Australia
• The opposition – especially, if it wins.
Edward P Wolfers, Austinmer, NSW, Australia
Is there anything better than the sleep of the just?
Eternal insomnia with TV’s Fox & Friends on constant replay and an endless supply of cold cheeseburgers for Donald Trump.
Norbert Hirschhorn, London, UK
• I just wish I could go to sleep, perchance even dream, and stay asleep all night without waking.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• The sleep of the plain exhausted?
Jonathan Vanderels, Shaftsbury, Vermont, US
• Just sleep without the snoring.
Roger Morrell, Perth, Western Australia
• Just making it through with no nocturnal bathroom visits.
Margaret Wyeth, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Waking afterwards.
John Benseman, Auckland, New Zealand
• The sleep of the “just off for a quick nap”.
Angela Blazy-O’Reilly, Villeneuve-la-Comptal, France
• The departure of the unjust.
Philip Stigger, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• The sleep of the unjust is also pretty good I would imagine, but less deserved.
Margaret Wilkes, Perth, Western Australia
• Waking up to justice done.
William Emigh, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• The Justice League never sleep.
RM Fransson, Wheat Ridge, Colorado US
Why does a certain poem come to mind, so easily and so often?
Well how could you ever forget it: “String is a very important thing. Rope is thicker, but string, is quicker.” Thanks Uncle Chris. And Spike Milligan!
Leo du Feu, Burntisland, Scotland
• Because it creates a beautiful image.
Janice Marshall, Eersel, Netherlands
Any answers?
Would we expect to find lifeboats on the Ship of Fools?
John Geffroy, Las Vegas, New Mexico, US
What is the most accurate method for measuring greatness?
Stuart Goodwin, Sandy, UK
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