a corollary, whether the proposition that entitlement should be a matter of timing can ever be consistent with the fact that rights are guaranteed now. All of these and more, are issues we are and should be talking about. It is an important conversation, and one I hope we will keep constructive, rigorous, and continuous. Let me close with a metaphor. The play Art, by Yasmina Reza, is about three close male friends and what happens to their relationship when one of them, Serge, spends $200,000 on a painting. The painting is white, with fine white diagonal lines. Serge's oldest friend Marc is astonished by the purchase. He sees nothing of merit in it, and is offended by Serge's devotion to what seems to him to be a ridiculous purchase. The third friend, Yvan, does not understand the painting but neither does he mind it, thereby annoying Marc. The relationship between the three men unravels over the meaning and worth of the painting, and each of them stakes their pride to their point of view. They are simply unable to persuade each other of the value of their respective opinions. On the tensest evening in the course of this dispute, Yvan's solipsistic hysteria over his pending wedding distracts Serge and Marc from their animosity towards each other and unite them in laughter at Yvan's hyperbolic behaviour. The tension is broken when Serge suddenly throws Marc a blue felt pen and invites him to draw on the painting. Marc cautiously approaches