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From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: A New Constitutional Amendment
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Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 16:16:46 EST
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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
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