LAWYER WRITING RULE ONE
"The deepest learning is the learning that conceals learning"
--Stephen Gillers
Rule Two is: When in doubt refer to Rule One
posted by UMRBlog @ 10:05
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
--Stephen Gillers
Rule Two is: When in doubt refer to Rule One
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6 Comments:
Are you going to expound on that "rule", or leave your thoughts "concealed"?
It is a plea for simple sentences and precise words. Kind of a followup to my earlier "lawyerspeak" post.
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author.
While it is fine to confront friends on their use of "advise", it is like fiddling while Rome burns, in my eyes.
At a time of incredible corruption from top to bottom in our system, standing up to the entrenched "politburo" (to borrow from qce) would be "the road less traveled".
False Choice Alert!
You can Rage Against the Machine and use the language correctly at the same time.
TYFCB
LOL ... I didn't give a choice .. I said your point was fine, just not most pertinent.
I just thought I'd jump in and ratchet up the relevance.
But I hope you do continue to "rage against the machine" ... which makes you interesting at times, to me at least.
Don't go quiet into that good night ...
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