Democracy
Polygamy
Monogamy
Polyandry
Or Whatever
Free markets
Planned economies
Multifaith harmony
A secular state
Whatever you please
Are sensible arrangements being made?
For the laundry to be done
The milk delivered
And the children raised
Do we have commonly aggreed rights and responsiblities
Or washing up rotas
That we can all reasonably accept
And work towards
Can we accept that our neighbours down the road take a different sacrement
Or listen to other bands
Or vote for another bunch of liars and spin doctors
Or support another team
Or teach their children another bunch of half truths
Or take them to a church in which they don't believe
In order to get them in a better school
If you can do all this
Then you are a well adapted member of a Liberal Democracy
For better or for worse...
E J Povey 2013