begin quoting m ike as of Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:46:57AM -0700:
> For that matter, if I were Ambrose Bierce, I might define "laws" at
> the mechanism by which people can be inhumane to people without
> feeling guilty.
LAW, n.
Once Law was sitting on the bench,
And Mercy knelt a-weeping.
"Clear out!" he cried, "disordered wench!
Nor come before me creeping.
Upon your knees if you appear,
'Tis plain you have no standing here."
Then Justice came. His Honor cried:
"/Your/ status?--devil seize you!"
"/Amica curiae/," she replied--
"Friend of the court, so please you."
"Begone!" he shouted--"there's the door--
I never saw your face before!"
G.J.
(Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary)
I suspect that Ambrose Bierce might actually look something up
once in awhile.
Related terms from Mr. Bierce:
LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
-Stewart "All worthwhile works are derivative works." Stremler
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