“meet you at the demonstration,”  we’ve been saying to each other.  After all, it’s such a busy time with the holidays that we have no possibility of getting together with friends otherwise.  And yet who can demur?  What with the threats the courts are getting warning that they must not dare rule against the cancellation of the law of “reasonableness,” we’re facing chaos either way.  And the chaos the government is threatening is less attractive than the chaos of mutiny we’re already beginning to experience.  

The whole thing comes down to the definition of democracy.  The right is saying they won the election and therefore can do whatever they want.  The others are saying a government has responsibility for the entire population.  And right now there is no way this government would be voted in anyway.  So I’ll take some extra heart medication, gird up my loins, miss my favorite poetry workshop again, and do my duty to the country.  See you there.