“I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.”
What
What matters?
Does it matter what matters?
Does it matter if it matters?
Does it matter if it doesn’t matter?
Is there a particular set size, or relevance, or number of people,voters, members etc i.e a Quorum which is necessary in order to determine that something matters? If so, what and who determines the number and membership of this quorum?
If the facts contradict a “truth” which has been determined by the adjudicator of the particular issue, does that matter?
Why
Why does it matter?
Does it matter why it matters?
Why does it matter whether it matters?
Should it matter? Should it matter whether it matters?
Should it matter if it doesn’t matter?
When
When does it matter?
Does it matter when it matters?
Did it matter in the past? Does it matter now?
Will it matter in the future?
If it will matter in the future should it matter now?
If it mattered in the past does it still matter now?
If it mattered in the past should it matter in the future?
Does mattering have a sell-by date?
Can things matter or not matter retrospectively?
If something matters is that a call to action that cannot be avoided. Should that possible implication affect the decision as to whether it matters or not?
How
How does it matter?
Does it matter how it matters?
Does matter matter?
How does or would one know if it matters?
How is the fact (can it be a fact?) that something matters or not demonstrated, circulated and recorded? Who controls and who has and should haver access the production and secure archiving of the fact that something matters or not? Who determines who that who should be?
Where
Where does it matter?
Does it matter where it matters?
Does it matter in some environments and not and other environments?
Does the fact that it matters in some places and it doesn’t matter in other places matter?
Who
Who does it matter to?
Does it matter who it matters to?
Does it matter to me?
Does it matter to you?
Does it matter to the powerful?
Does it matter to powerless?
Is there a difference in terms of whether it matters or not that it matters to the powerful or to the powerless?
Does the fact that it matters to me matter to you?
Does the fact that it matters to you matter to me?
Does the fact that it matters to some person or people and not to others matter to anyone else?
Who decides whether it matters are not?
If the fact that it matters or not, matters to the person who decides whether it matters not, should that matter and should that affect whether it matters are not?
Joe Duffy on RTE said recently to a caller, after her stating a disinterest in politics, “But, it does matter!” Does Joe emphatically stating that it matters matter,or does it somehow make it matter or not matter, or is it just a matter of Joe stirring it up to keep his show going?
Can Powerful people make it matter or make it not matter and does that matter?
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