On proselytising

Mr Tan, who used to be a teacher on a little red dot somewhere in the Far East, runs a little carpentry store in a little village in the land of freedom and choice.

He doesn't stock very many items. He also sells fruit, but he only has apples.

He is a firm believer in apples. Apples are good for him. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

While at the local bar, Mr Tan extolls the virtues of apples: apples are crunchy, apples are sweet, apples are nutritious, apples have lots of vitamin C.

Mr Tan believes that everyone should know about the value of apples. After all, they are the best for everyone.

Mr Tan knows that there are other fruits of course that are just as good. Kiwis are nice. So are oranges. But as Mr Tan tells his wife and everyone else who cares to listen, if you have apples, you don't need any other fruit. The apple is the fruit of health.

But for Mr. Tan, apples are just the thing. He will sell just apples.

If people want kiwis, or oranges, then they will have to find out about them and their value themselves through the internet. If they want them, they will have to drive 30 miles to the next village to get them, along with all the other groceries that they have to get.

Mr Tan thinks that it's a free country after all. He feels that it's the villagers' free choice, what fruit they want to eat. He also feels that it is entirely professional of him to sell apples, to only sell apples and to promote them outside working hours.