Nikitas wrote:"tow the line" implies there is one to be towed. If there was "a line" we would not be in the crap we are in when dealing with our problem.
on the contrary my friend there is a line. bury your head under the sand and the problem will go away. do not prosecute a single murderer and give the surviving murders medals fir for heroes. unfortunately problem needs to be solved and will not go away, instead the hole for burial gets dug a little deeper. like an alcoholic the roc liver is rotten, cancer has set in. the republic is on its last legs. literally not just metaphorically.