Settled for a generation apparently! Settled! Really?

A turnout of 85%, a result of 55% No to 45% Yes and the response from the powerful is “settled for a generation?”

Settled. What exactly do they mean by settled? I have often settled on what my wife and I will have for dinner, what movie to see, what arrangements are for Christmas holidays etc but the basic nature of a societies relationship with itself – settled! An odd word.

Settled in the context of domestic relations (apologies to partners everywhere) are rarely far from settled. In fact when man and woman have a row, rarely is the phrase “thats settled so”, more incorrect. Its almost as if by saying the word you are invoking the concept into a reality.

Maybe thats what he meant by “settled”. If its said often enough and with enough sincerity it must therefore be true and we can retreat to a comfortable reality that our society is progressing in a dependable manner.

There is no latent, fatal flaw in our polity that need radical attention before its too late. Not at all, thats just scaremongering, – after all this has been settled.

Settled!