Cicero's maxim. At the end of the week, Europe will be able to take a long hard look at its immediate future. The Irish will in effect have decided the fate of the Lisbon Treaty. If they vote 'yes', all the countries of the EU will have expressed their views freely, either directly or through their elected representatives, in favour of the Lisbon Treaty. Some of the attempts to change the way people view this fact are rather peculiar, if not downright anti-democratic. Take the case of the...