Signifying Nothing

Rescued from comments, with many thanks:

"Your reference to Macbeth surely deserves the full treatment given the state of the PMs popularity, and the uselesness of this planned meeting:

'Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.' Macbeth (Act V, Scene V)."

On very sombre note, I hope that Nakagawa Shōichi is under 24 hour watch. His reputation and future hopes have been utterly ruined--and his family history is none to reassuring as regards the acceptance of setbacks.