we don't have the time, the energy or the ink or the bits or the bithes, whatever they call engage in that narrative battle. we have work to do. we have to write opinions. i have been around a lot of judges, whether you agree with them or not, they actually put the work in. it's a wonderful world to work in. where you actually have to write out your opinions and think things through and have arguments and go through all the statutes and the constitutional provisions and the rules of statutory interpretation or construction. all the interprettive canons. so it is fascinating. i like that world. but the world that they talk about it, oh, you hate old people, what? you want to execute people. i haven't met a judge who wants to execute anybody. i haven't met that judge yet. in fact, every judge i have met, going through these cases -- look what it does to your hair. [laughter] justice thomas: your hair is black and then all of a sudden you are hair impaired and what is left, your hair turns gray. everyone says did i get it right? did i make a mistake. and you have the people who create th