Socrates, Kant and Twaklin

Well, I have done my best.  The South Australian state election happens tomorrow and my campaign ends today.

I have tried to reach as many voters as possible.  I have invited their policy responses.  I have listened to their views.  I have avoided...

...annoying them by putting bits of paper in their letter boxes.  I have not intrusively telephoned them in the privacy of their own homes.  I have not knocked on their front doors when they are about to get into the shower.  Will they like me for it?

My media team has worked all hours of the day and night for no reward except an occasional glass of Adelaide tap water between them.  My speeches have been recorded in this blog for all the world to read and think about.  Tomorrow will be the day of reckoning.

I probably will not receive many votes, mainly because my name is not on either ballot paper.  You are welcome to write my name on your ballot papers if you believe I may do a better job for South Australia than any of the people whose names are printed there.  However, such action may invalidate your second preference.

Well, this may be a good time to thank the other members of my campaign team, especially Socrates, Kant and Mozart.  The whole team has been hard at work, for many, many years, trying to convince the public to think carefully about the future of society.


We will be having our celebratory Mozarty party for the rest of today and it will probably continue over the whole weekend.  Come along if you can, though you'll need to bring your own party hats, balloons, drinking water and frog cakes.

It is quite easy to distinguish between Socrates (the bearded bloke without much experience as a motorbike rider) and Kant (the snappy dresser who tends to be quite critical).  Neither has acquired much of a taste for frog cakes.  Both gentlemen are, however, quite famous amongst the enlightened:


Read more about Socrates here if you are a voter (anywhere in the world)

Read more about Socrates here if you are a future voter

Read more about Immanuel Kant here if you are a thoughtful voter


Mozart wishes to provide a dedication of his own, especially for some of the candidates in this election, some of the commentators, and some of the voters too.  He knows that he is said to have made fun of incompetent composers through a work often known as A Musical Joke (K.522).

Here is the final movement of that work, the Presto, which Mozart thinks is particularly apt today in political and media terms:

Just remember to vote for real ducks not plastic ones.

Perhaps I should have approached Handel to help me with my campaign, too. He wrote some very good water music, didn't he?