Deliberative democracy accepts the provisionality of its principles but rejects the provisionality of moral reasoning itself as a way of assessing politics.

But look at your hair—you changed it from big ‘Afro’ to Jerry curl. You're looking great.

This observation, taken cum grano salis, applies more or less to all who are daily exposed to the temptations of a superfluous table.

I respect your wiring, he explained, but I'm crushing on you. And when I crush, I crush hard. He thought it would be better if we stopped seeing each other for a while.