Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Dannyalcatraz]

Yeah, he's a flawed guy to be sure, but also a graduate of Yale Law School.

And as he said himself, Hilary was the smarter of them.

(She probably would have been savvy enough to not answer an improper question at that deposition merely because of the demands of ego.)

 

[TiQuinn]

There are times I read something and just think “If you’re running into a**holes all day, you’re the a**hole.”

 

[Maxperson]

Yeah, he's a flawed guy to be sure, but also a graduate of Yale Law School.

Yep. A cousin of mine graduated from Yale Law School. In her 3rd year she was doing oral arguments for important cases in front of the 2nd Circuit. I watched the video and thought she did very well.

 

[Ryujin]

There are times I read something and just think “If you’re running into a**holes all day, you’re the a**hole.”

Far too many people don't seem to realize that in all the bad situations in which they find themselves, they are the common factor.

 

[prabe]

Far too many people don't seem to realize that in all the bad situations in which they find themselves, they are the common factor.

I don't disagree, but it's probably worth considering that far too many people are stuck in some cycle or other, and victimization is at least sometimes a cycle.

 

[Ryujin]

I don't disagree, but it's probably worth considering that far too many people are stuck in some cycle or other, and victimization is at least sometimes a cycle.

Indeed, as is "being a perpetual victim." It's simply that people should consider the common denominators in any situation.

 

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[RealAlHazred]

FWIW, my Wills & Estates professor Stanley Johanson- and a goodly percentage of the other UT Law faculty members I knew- would probably strongly agree with you.

There was a predominant sentiment that good, clear language was to be preferred whenever you were drafting documents. Clarity prevented disagreements and let all parties know their rights & responsibilities. As Prof. Johanson once put it, if you were in court defending clauses in your documents, you’ve probably failed your client in some way.

One of his examples: he’d give everyone in the class a 25pg document for us to read in class. At some point, he’d stop us and ask how many had finished it. No one would raise a hand. He’d then instruct us to read the last page, which had 2-3 paragraphs on it, taking up maybe 3/4 of the page.

“That last page has the exact same information and legal force as the prior 24. It is merely drafted clearly and concisely, without legalese. If I ever encounter a document drafted by one of you that reads more like the first 24 pages of this handout than the last, I will hunt you down myself.”

I believe him. I won’t feel safe even after he passes away. (He’s been on UT Law’s faculty since 1963.)

Counterpoint: in engineering school, I had an instructor who would frequently say, "This report is too short! Who wrote this?" He was of the opinion that length made the reports seem more weighty and well-considered. I have a suspicion he was, at one time, employed in an industry that paid by article length...

 

[J.Quondam]

Far too many people don't seem to realize that in all the bad situations in which they find themselves, they are the common factor.

The pesky sharks that keep appearing in my bathtub probably agree.

 

[trappedslider]

I have a suspicion he was, at one time, employed in an industry that paid by article length...

He would fit in around here