Cameronus: Do you steal?
Antoninus: No, master.
Cameronus: Do you lie?
Antoninus: Not if I can avoid it.
Cameronus: Have you… ever dishonoured the Revenue?
Antoninus: No, master.
Cameronus: Do you refrain from these vices out of fear of a late filing penalty and the charging of interest?
Antoninus: Yes, master.
Cameronus: Do you perform stand-up comedy, sell DVDs of your performances, and avoid tax Antoninus?
Antoninus: No, master.
Cameronus: Do you sing songs while performing as a member of an ageing boy band and avoid tax, Antoninus?
Antoninus: No, master.
Cameronus: Do you consider the singing of songs while performing as part of an ageing boy band while avoiding tax to be moral, and the performance of stand-up comedy and selling DVDs of your shows while avoiding tax to be immoral?
Antoninus: No, master.
Cameronus: Pity. You see the performing of stand-up, then selling DVDs of your performances, while avoiding tax is immoral; while the singing of songs by someone performing as a member of an ageing boy band while avoiding tax is moral. It is all a matter of headlines, isn’t it?
Antoninus: Yes, master.
Cameronus: And headlines are not the same as real thoughts or opinions, and therefore not a question of morals, hmm?
Antoninus: It could be argued so, master.
Cameronus: My ash croft, Antoninus. Fetch me my ash croft.
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