Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2 From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: A New Constitutional Amendment Message-ID: <608@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 16:16:46 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxq.608 Posted: Tue Feb 7 16:16:46 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 22:17:34 EST References: <603@ihuxq.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 18 Legalese may be ugly, but it is necessary. The book Ken Perlow makes reference to ("Less Than Words Can Say") gives an example of an OSHA regulation, written in high legalese, defining what an exit is. Now, if someone goes to court over (say) an improperly labeled exit, the people in the court will know what an exit is, and will be able to argue the question "Is this door in fact an exit?" rather than the question "What is an exit?" A short reflexion will shew you that this is progress. The unspoken attitude that underlies this proposed amendment had its best expression when the fifteenth century English rebel Wat Tyler declared "First, let's kill all the lawyers." John Hobson AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, IL (312) 979-0193 ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2