There were, however, two blank sections in the “model constitution”: the name and the aims of the proposed society. Would they make such a demand of the Islamic Society or Irish Society? After a lot of mumbling it was explained that the problem was the word “convince”; this, apparently, implied violence. We would be happy to change the word to “persuade.” Did they think “persuade” implies violence? Why would one hold an opinion that one thought was no better than anyone else’s unless one thought that the fact that one held it made it worthy of assent?