Captain Langston Sees the Gorgons and Raises Them an Alice

"The executioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a head unless there was a body to cut it off from: that he had never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn't going to begin at HIS time of life. The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be beheaded, and that you weren't to talk nonsense. The Queen's argument was, that if something wasn't done about it in less than no time she'd have everybody executed, all round. (It was this last remark that had made the whole party look so grave and anxious.)Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

Yes, of course, the discourse has to have a possiblity of making sense. Given yeserday's UN speeches and that odd man with the beard on CNN interviewing the American Colossus, I suggest that Lewis Carroll be deemed a political philosopher.