Gee, I hope everything came out all right in the end.
(Bad Chet)... :-) Ed Leafe wrote: >On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Hal Kaplan wrote: > > > >>OK Ed. A couple of posts back you wrote "IONAL." I thought that >>meant "I am not a lawyer." I guess I was wrong about that >>particular meaning and that it was not an acronym after all. >> >> > > Oh. Cute. > > No, IANAL does indeed mean that "I am not a lawyer". It does not >mean that my brain is incapable of retaining legal information given >to me by a lawyer so that I can conduct my business well. > > Anyone who sells their creative work, such as software writing, for >a living and who hasn't invested a few hundred bucks to sit down with >a knowledgeable copyright attorney is being penny-wise and pound- >foolish. I did that early in my career, and have met with that lawyer >on a couple of occasions since. I write 'IANAL' so that others out >there also get good legal advice, instead of taking my regurgitated >words as anything other than an informed person's understanding. > > It is wrong to assert that only lawyers can speak intelligently >about legal matters. IANAMD, but I'll bet you that I can talk a whole >lot more intelligently about the diagnostic differentials for >achalasia than many gastroenterologists. That's not to say that I >know everything about gastroenterology; only that which I've >experienced first-hand. And I first-hand went through 4 different >gastros before I found one who could recognize the condition and >treat it accordingly. In the process I learned an awful lot about >that particular disease, and feel comfortable in my grasp of this >particular condition. > > >-- Ed Leafe >-- http://leafe.com >-- http://dabodev.com > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
