democracy, mediated
TiR caught, while switching TV channels, a few minutes of the new cable talk show, "Children at Dinner Should Eat Their Vegetables."
The host was speaking to a guest commentator, Billie, via Zoom.
Host: Do you agree that children at dinner should eat their vegetables?
Billie: I am five. I have a pet. He is a frog!
Host: What do the constituents that you represent say about the yummy vegetables that they agree to eat at dinner?
Billie: Candy!
Host: Yes, however before possibly eating a very small amount of candy for dessert, and only after you are very good and eat all your vegetables, tell us: Which vegetables do you think are the best ones to make you grow up big and strong, which you agree to eat at dinner?
Billie: Candy!!
Host: That is a very interesting perspective. Do you have any scientific studies or research to support your position? Do you have any professional credentials or advanced degrees in pediatric nutrition, dietetics or child development?
Billy: My frog's name is Speckles.
Host: Thank you. Now, let's go to the call-in portion of our show. We have the results of our on-line poll. We got an overwhelming response. We now bring in by phone a representative caller to explain the most popular answer to our poll question: "Before perhaps eating a very small amount of candy for dessert, which yummy vegetables should children eat first at dinner?" Hello?
Caller: CANDY!!
posted by TiR at 7:01 AM
