This morning I was roused from my warm bed by the ring of the doorbell. Could it be the postman (should that be postperson?) delivering personally an oversized package having failed to stuff it through our tiny letterbox? Or was it one of our neighbours’ visitors pressing the wrong intercom buzzer, again?
Hello?Hello. I’m bringing Peace and Goodwill to the World, today. What do you think about that?
That’s a very good idea!
Good! The World needs more Peace and Goodwill and I’m here to raise the neighbours’ consciousness of all the wars in the world.
OK. There are too many wars in the world. Perhaps you would be better talking to the government and the people in power. Ordinary people don’t want wars, but it is the rich and powerful who stand to gain by sending poor people to their deaths in other countries.
Yes, well, I don’t know who I’m talking to.
Well, I can assure you that I’m not a member of the government. They live in big houses with big cars outside. Their friends are even richer. This is a poor area. There are no members of the government here.
OK. Would you like to read a magazine?
Is it called “The Watchtower”?
Yes.
No thanks.
Bye.
Bye.