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1: 2018-12-19: In trouble with the law? Call Giuliani & Associates. Our team of media lawyers will go on TV to say you weren’t there, and if you were there, you didn’t do it, and even if you did it, it doesn’t matter, because the law is completely irrelevant. https://t.co/sFVWhRKOqQ
2: 2018-12-19: In trouble with the law? Call Giuliani & Associates. Our team of media lawyers will go on TV to say you weren’t there, and if you were there, you didn’t do it, and even if you did it, it doesn’t matter, because the law is completely irrelevant here.
3: 2018-03-06: Lawrence O’Donnell: Nunberg getting advice from the law firm of “Gin and Tonic“.
4: 2017-12-20: Trump’s legal “dream team“ is composed of the finest lawyers money can buy who agree with him 100 percent. #idiots #stooges #buffoons
5: 2017-11-17: I am not the President's lawyer, but if I was I'd tell him: "STFU!"
6: 2017-07-22: As a lawyer, it's hard to provide an effective defense when (a) your internal discussions are leaked & (b) your client ignores your advice.
7: 2017-07-21: —Trump lawyers and advisers: "For your own good, don't do X."
8: 2017-07-21: What will he do today? The sensible thing would be to shut up, obey his lawyers and pretend to be President. That won't happen!
9: 2017-03-23: Spectral evidence should not be allowed in a court of law. Discussion: https://t.co/dwW6u3BCnX https://t.co/GmUgowcLDc
10: 2017-03-17: Many a scientist, lawyer and journalist, using their brain for a living, checks it at the door when they go home to their private life.
11: 2015-11-20: No legislation or lawsuit can create competence where it doesn't exist.
12: 2015-08-20: I instantly fell in love all things Flamenco. We danced cheek-to-cheek until dawn then I turned to plastic and stood on one leg on her lawn.
13: 2015-05-30: The FBI, IRS and DOJ of USA using RICO to take down FIFA. Say what you want about America, but our lawyers are totally badass!
14: 2015-05-24: Obeying the law doesn't prove your morality.
15: 2015-03-16: Propaganda doesn't end with governments. Lawyers, advertisers and religious believers all do the same.
16: 2015-03-15: Lawyers are professional propagandists, twisting the story in favor of their client.
17: 2014-08-28: Photos of people on meth probably do more to discourage use than any law ever did.
18: 2014-08-22: Truth is not a popularity contest. Even if you had a billion people voting against the law of gravity, gravity would still win.
19: 2014-07-24: RT @cracked: "Dry County" laws increase drunk driving. The 6 Most Popular Crime Fighting Tactics (That Don't Work) - http://t.co/7incUuX1qM
20: 2014-03-29: Technology and advances in law may eliminate old forms of slavery, but they usually create new ones in their place.
21: 2014-02-27: The Law of Instagram: Selfies and food shots shall not exceed 2% of total output. #listenupladies
22: 2014-01-05: Young lawyers in love will stipulate to anything.
23: 2014-01-05: What kind of woman was this, who did not care about her own image in a mirror? Another defiance of the laws of physics? #limbo
24: 2014-01-04: Caution: You Are Approaching The End Of The Moving Walkway. Please Prepare Your Lawyer For A Potential Lawsuit.
25: 2014-01-01: The charge: murder with a deadly weapon. His lawyer argued there could be no other way. He was hung with a soft rope.
26: 2013-12-16: Parasite and host, predator and prey, lawyer and client.
27: 2013-12-08: Experience is knowing the case law of life, not just the statutes.
28: 2013-12-03: Laws are changing so rapidly that I have lost track of the score. In what states can I gay marry my pot supplier?
29: 2013-11-27: Injured in a hotel? Vegas has lawyers for that. http://t.co/NwlwpKbgLn
30: 2013-09-24: Murder must be proven by the facts in a court of law, but intuition can lead you to a suspect.
31: 2013-09-13: Alabama Law: No weapons in highway restrooms. Conduct you shootings outside, please! @ ALDOT Rest Area http://t.co/xt6HgFnDOp
32: 2013-09-11: A law of nature: Whenever a good thing happens, parasites come along to suck off it, so the good thing has to invest in defenses.
33: 2013-08-21: On My Bucket List: Become a judge on a TV judge show, pulling rulings out of my ass with no reference to law or evidence.
34: 2013-07-28: @lawnrocket @shu Is he floating in a most'a peculiar way?
35: 2013-07-17: RT @TheEconomist: What is the difference between common law, found in places such as England, and the more widespread civil-law system? htt…
36: 2013-07-15: Goldman's Law applies to everything.
37: 2013-07-07: Scientists claiming to be scientific, journalists claiming to be fair, lawyers upholding the law... are some of the biggest jerks around!
38: 2013-06-21: "We may think we’re being scientists, but we’re actually being lawyers" - The Science of Denial
39: 2013-06-15: Godwin's Law: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."
40: 2013-05-21: The law is necessary but also flawed and dangerous. Don't think that just by obeying the law you have done good or accomplished something.
41: 2013-05-14: My photo of Yale Gallanter, OJ Simpson's former lawyer and subject of OJ's new appeal. Album: https://t.co/smEoswQdr5 http://t.co/BiEeV6zOTs
42: 2013-05-09: The law is an automaton, like a computer or robot. It can't make complex judgments or sensitive adjustments, only follow its programming.
43: 2013-05-08: @lawnrocket Fer U, Lawnie! http://t.co/DrwcXwGVzP re: @BadDalaiLama
44: 2013-05-07: Middle East travel advice: Israel is safe and cheap. Go! Egypt is very cheap but not safe. No law and order in Egypt. Do not go!
45: 2013-04-26: Every villain sees his actions as justified. You make him believable by taking his side and helping him defend his position. cc @lawnrocket
46: 2013-04-23: Lucid Dreaming: Testing the Laws of the Dream World
47: 2013-04-21: @lawnrocket needs to add background and header images to her Twitter home page. Understand she's an artist. Maybe she can artistificate it!
48: 2013-04-16: @lawnrocket @shu Byte wrangler for hire. Deadly bug fixer. Stealthy Ninja of the ethosphere.
49: 2013-03-29: In law, words have great power. A delusion of lawyers is thinking their words make a difference outside of law.
50: 2013-03-14: Even Leonardo based his work on rules and formulae. He just didn't have a blog or twitter account to tell us about them. cc: @lawnrocket
51: 2013-03-14: @lawnrocket A bit unfair to treat you as a representative of Pixar or big budget movie making.
52: 2013-03-14: RT @lawnrocket: Story basics list in the New Yorker blog: http://t.co/RzTxdiGNmZ
53: 2013-03-08: @lawnrocket If you need an evil villain, I'm your man! http://t.co/mQjZJgL1BA
54: 2013-02-22: @lawnrocket There is a place in this world for aircraft carriers. I admire those slow-moving behemoths—from afar. http://t.co/rBoLgrverk
55: 2013-02-22: @lawnrocket Ay Chihuahua! So many stages! Stage 4: Who are these "people" you speak of? Will they ever understand? Do you really need them?
56: 2013-02-22: Most important thing is to get out there and do what you want to be good at. (MRT @lawnrocket)
57: 2013-02-15: @lawnrocket There you go being Cruise Ship Activities Director again! http://t.co/w3BoOo4i
58: 2013-02-10: @lawnrocket That's freaky. I guess video games have potential, but the core young male audience just wants to KILL ALIENS.
59: 2013-01-28: @lawnrocket How do you expect to make it in Hollywood if you don't pump up your puffery level? TEST AUDIENCE WOWED BY LATEST COATS SHORT!
60: 2013-01-23: Law is an idealistic theory that must be fine-tuned for the real world by conscientious evasion and discreet disobedience.
61: 2013-01-19: @lawnrocket Don't you worry that you are damaging the fabric of space-time and we could all be annihilated?
62: 2013-01-17: Charlie Kaufman ("Being John Malkovich") on screenwriting & life. Neurotic, meta & inspirational. https://t.co/stpQK9Ut via @lawnrocket
63: 2013-01-16: William Goldman (writer of Butch Cassidy etc) in new interview http://t.co/eIiSkMoS via @lawnrocket 1.5 hours. Mostly his personal history.
64: 2013-01-16: @lawnrocket Kinda sad, the ravages of time.
65: 2013-01-16: The way you build a character—and a story—is you give him a delusional system and let it play itself out. (cc @lawnrocket)
66: 2013-01-11: @lawnrocket Last minute advice: 1) Hit the ground running. 2) All the audience cares about is the story.
67: 2013-01-11: Artificial things that aren't so bad: contraception, medical care, indoor plumbing, sewage treatment, electronic communication, law.
68: 2013-01-10: @lawnrocket No worries. Be proud! Or as @charliesheen would say: Winning!
69: 2013-01-10: @lawnrocket Pretty good for not being evil, but always remember @CharlieSheen has 8.7 million.
70: 2013-01-04: @lawnrocket Dwarves must manage their own internal affairs. Your interventionist policies are not helping. Remember the Prime Directive!
71: 2013-01-01: It's the law! Every issue of every women's magazine must have both weight loss secrets and recipes for rich desserts. http://t.co/1S0XqgUs
72: 2012-12-30: For every well-meaning law or policy change, there is an unintended penalty, sometimes worse than the original problem.
73: 2012-12-30: @lawnrocket PLUS.... When this actor storms off to her trailer in a huff, you know you can talk to her and coax her back on set.
74: 2012-12-30: @lawnrocket Have you considered acting yourself? As Lawnie would say: Why not **DO** what you need? This actor accepts infinite direction.
75: 2012-12-28: Every mediocre talent has a great idea they expect someone else to implement. The great creators do it themselves. (cc @lawnrocket)
76: 2012-12-25: @lawnrocket But if it's classified, isn't the fact that it's classified also classified?
77: 2012-12-24: @lawnrocket Where the hell R U?
78: 2012-12-24: @lawnrocket Skeptical. "Experiences" = complication. What's wrong with plain old Hostelworld? Just book and go!
79: 2012-12-20: @lawnrocket Nasty Hobbitses killed Bin Laden?
80: 2012-12-19: In law, the Work Product Rule means you are obligated to reveal the evidence to your opponent but not your analysis or strategy.
81: 2012-12-18: "Screenwriting Theory: The Flatland Analogy" - What makes a good short film? My half-page 2008 essay. http://t.co/Rk8RXI8s cc @lawnrocket
82: 2012-12-17: Arizona town is menaced by three evil strangers with unusual weapons. My Western: "11:59 from Prescott" http://t.co/kfwPmBTJ cc @lawnrocket
83: 2012-12-14: Sometimes it can be hard to obey the law even if you want to. (Miami, earlier today) http://t.co/af8Leokp
84: 2012-12-14: @lawnrocket C U in 3 hrs!
85: 2012-12-12: @liberance @lawnrocket Historical note: Paranormal Activity. No budget. No crew. No storyboard. Made millions.
86: 2012-12-12: @liberance @lawnrocket What is a "crew"? Who has a much of crew when you have no budget?
87: 2012-12-12: @liberance @lawnrocket What is "film"? I am unfamiliar with the concept. I thought film was free now. And can't one plan in ones head?
88: 2012-12-12: @lawnrocket Your greatest skill—storyboarding—may also be your worst enemy. It keeps you from grabbing a camera and shooting.
89: 2012-12-12: @lawnrocket You come from an environment where films are meticulously planned. That's not the only way nor the best if you have no money.
90: 2012-12-12: @lawnrocket Then use a diff't word. God gave us 140 for a reason.
91: 2012-12-12: @lawnrocket Ur in trub'l when u start using abbr'ns in ur tweets! That's cheating! Simplify ur idea!
92: 2012-12-09: "Beside Myself" - my 2011 green-screen test. http://t.co/6IXOiTcv (1 min) Budget: 4 hrs+$15 (for green sheet from Walmart) cc: @lawnrocket
93: 2012-12-09: @lawnrocket Moon looks fantastic! But perhaps a distraction. I'd like to banish you to Iowa. Just you, a video camera & a couple of actors.
94: 2012-12-09: @lawnrocket Imagine a world... where you woke up with an idea, filmed it in the AM, edited in PM, uploaded, done! Storyboard in your mind!
95: 2012-12-03: "How to Make Movies... In Your Mind!" - My new essay on filmmaking from Istanbul. http://t.co/Y58W7egV cc: @lawnrocket http://t.co/YVymJiyn
96: 2012-12-03: Classic storytelling wisdom from @lawnrocket - 22 story basics: http://t.co/KpWttjYG
97: 2012-12-03: RT @lawnrocket: @baddalailama reread your post on Bond after seeing Skyfall. Totally agree. Good stuff on your blog, man!
98: 2012-12-03: "Skyfall: Embracing the Flawed Hero" http://t.co/fSKcKnFX My essay on why the movie works. cc: @liberance @lawnrocket http://t.co/dKFcoaPl
99: 2012-12-02: @lawnrocket Once viewers connect with the characters, they are willing to accept all sorts of ridiculous shit.
100: 2012-12-02: @lawnrocket Thanks, Lawnie! I went to the Grand Bazaar today to see if the Bond chase scene was plausible. Not! http://t.co/SBV8Ljge
101: 2012-11-29: "How to Become a Great Artist" - my new essay from Istanbul http://t.co/dvD9EVZx cc: @lawnrocket http://t.co/HdtFtuMa
102: 2012-11-16: RT @lawnrocket: For those of you still waiting to see Skyfall - the REAL theme song for Quantum of Solace http://t.co/SbZ8Wtmv
103: 2012-11-13: @lawnrocket Your tweets on plotting inspired this Skyfall review: http://t.co/fSKcKnFX
104: 2012-11-11: @lawnrocket To Emma from Emma http://t.co/dRhK4dPl
105: 2012-11-05: @lawnrocket Keep it real, Lawnie. There are better things to do with the time (and more useful languages).
106: 2012-11-05: RT @CandyCrisis: No court of law that tasted my cooking would ever convict my murderer.
107: 2012-10-27: A universal human law in both individuals and civilizations: When excess resources are available, they will be used to build monuments.
108: 2012-10-25: The most satisfying character story is a hero recovering from his own foolish mistakes. (cc: @lawnrocket)
109: 2012-10-24: @lawnrocket Best Hostel: Hotel Kykladonisia on Santorini. Just a shared hotel room, but Location, Location, Location! http://t.co/0zCktxQA
110: 2012-10-24: @lawnrocket Stadion Hostel: You don't have a choice. Where else can one afford to stay in Helsinki? http://t.co/684hlpsh
111: 2012-10-04: Super Spam Attractor #2: Diet dieting liposuction cannabis medical marijuana insurance cholesterol injured injury lawyer horny—spambots GO!
112: 2012-09-01: RT @lawnrocket: Never underestimate the power of simplicity.
113: 2012-08-24: @lawnrocket Beg to differ—Twice is often sufficient to establish pattern. See standard song structure: AB-AB-Bridge. Thrice may be overkill.
114: 2012-08-23: RT @lawnrocket: Something happens twice = coincidence. Something happens three times = pattern. Establish your pattern before breaking i ...
115: 2012-08-17: On My Bucket List: Go to law school so I can help injured people by fighting for the maximum compensation they're entitled to.
116: 2012-08-15: RT @KilroyCafe: No society would be able to function if citizens weren't able to quietly evade the law to get things done.
117: 2012-08-13: It is impossible to not break the law on this highway (I-88 west of Chicago, 3 days ago) http://t.co/MD2Eetms
118: 2012-08-09: RT @lawnrocket: Whether someone hires you or not, that's not under your control. PRACTICING your craft is wholly under your control, and ...
119: 2012-08-09: RT @lawnrocket: Holding the idea of what it generally needs to be and finding the specifics of what it is on the page... that's a lot mo ...
120: 2012-08-09: RT @lawnrocket: Envisioning an image and then trying to draw it, I have always found this to be unbelievably frustrating. Never matches ...
121: 2012-08-05: RT @KilroyCafe: Lawmaking is a neverending arms race against the pernicious effects of previous laws.
122: 2012-08-05: RT @KilroyCafe: The law doesn't really solve problems, merely redistributes them. Only human judgment, rooted in the moment, can solve p ...
123: 2012-07-19: My twitter crush these days: @lawnrocket — Everything I want to know about movie storytelling.
124: 2012-07-15: Superhero Law: When you rescue someone, they should pay a price. It has to be painful and awkward for them or they'll expect it again.
125: 2012-07-08: Obeying the law should not be confused with doing the right thing.
126: 2012-07-06: Under the law, once you turn 18 you are fully responsible for your own actions and welfare. The law doesn't grasp the child you still are.
127: 2012-05-27: RT @HighersideChats: Drugs don't make you paranoid, drug laws do. <== Actually drugs DO make you paranoid.
128: 2012-05-09: Marriage, under the law, has nothing to do with love. It is an economic incorporation that most relationships are much healthier without.
129: 2012-03-15: A literal interpretation of every law, regulation, custom and courtesy would permit no creative activity whatsoever.
130: 2012-03-15: @xtinewu Spend too much time with lawyers and you'll go mad.
131: 2012-01-26: An astute pornographer, he was often charged but never convicted, thanks to his well-paid lawyers and their prowess in jury selection.
132: 2012-01-23: Obey every recommendation, follow every expert's advice, respect every law and you'll never leave home or get anything done.
133: 2012-01-01: Based on this FB birthday greeting, I would totally get divorced with this law firm! http://t.co/OOJkqV6g
134: 2011-12-22: A healthy life can be lived only in the peripheral vision of the law, not under its direct gaze.
135: 2011-11-30: Unbuffered democracy—where the people vote directly for laws—is as much a tyranny as any dictatorship. (See California.)
136: 2011-11-28: Youth may know the statutes, but age knows the case law.
137: 2011-11-27: The depth of my love for you—Is shown on this fine tattoo—Would it cause you alarm—If I sent you my arm—To nourish your lawyer and you?
138: 2011-11-22: Casual wheeling and dealing between lawyers and DA. 10 years prison tacked onto 25. Arrest warrants issued. All very light and breezy.
139: 2011-11-19: Saturday one-footed sleep-in of the lawn ornaments. http://t.co/aYWEkYYQ
140: 2011-10-28: Under the law, marriage has no relevance to the raising of children. Parental rights and responsibilities are the same regardless.
141: 2011-10-28: Under the law, marriage and divorce are not about love but about the forming and dissolution of a financial corporation.
142: 2011-10-09: If I was a lawyer, I would be a sports attorney, so I could defend the downtrodden class of Major League players and owners.
143: 2011-10-04: Law prides itself on being rational, but because it comes ultimately from the people, it is often just institutionalized witch burning.
144: 2011-10-04: Law is an institutional response to the public hysteria of the moment.
145: 2011-09-21: Shouldn't there be a law against walking and skyping at the same time? http://t.co/kBYP65Cz
146: 2011-08-05: You pay a photographer to manipulate imagery in your favor—sort of like a lawyer.
147: 2011-07-11: Parenting isn't just a matter of laying down the law. Both sides have to negotiate for what they want.
148: 2011-07-07: "Document everything!" the lawyers say. If you did that you wouldn't have any time left for living.
149: 2011-06-25: RT @maleger: Lawyers have feelings too. Allegedly.
150: 2011-06-15: RT @preschoolgems: "At the park there's like, no laws."
151: 2011-06-11: It's the law in Arkansas: You can't offer free kitten's without an extra apostrophe. http://t.co/Zpa8YVf
152: 2011-05-08: You say: "You can't do that. It's against the law." I say: "What law? Whose law? What's the penalty? What's the chance of getting caught?"
153: 2011-05-08: The law tells you the speed limit. It doesn't tell you the speed where officers write tickets. That gap is where most of life is lived.
154: 2011-04-18: Rule of law is essential to the governance of man, but it can also be a cruel master, imposing a tyranny of its own.
155: 2011-04-12: The delusion of lawyers: If it is legal then it must be right.
156: 2011-04-11: A dilemma of law: You hire a lawyer to protect your rights, but who is going to protect you from your lawyer?
157: 2011-03-26: @AddamBONGG "you mean as in .. the law is biased .. as in mass persecution" <== As in: "I have the right to hit my head against this wall."
158: 2011-03-18: Our 2008 essay: "KAPU - Death for Everything!" http://kilroycafe.com/ideas/kapu - Proposing sensible reforms to American criminal law.
159: 2011-03-11: It's a law of nature: A chicken will shit. You don't know exactly where or when, but it will happen.
160: 2011-03-09: RT @Kyoks1: @BadDalaiLama (b) it's just one more expression of the law of karma. option (a) is only an ilussion. sorry.
161: 2011-03-09: .@Kyoks1 (b) is just one more expression of the law of karma. (a) an illusion <== The Luxury Goods Manufacturer's Association applauds you!
162: 2011-01-29: I'm not worried so much about Cairo itself but about crossing the Sinai, which is a semi-lawless area even in the best of times.
163: 2011-01-17: The Federation's lawyers had a fine time with the Prime Directive, producing reams of case law on its exceptions and application.
164: 2011-01-17: The law consists not just of what is written but how courts have interpreted those words—called case law. That's where the real wisdom lies.
165: 2011-01-03: In law, as in life, the main problem isn't obeying the rules; it's knowing what to do when the rules conflict.
166: 2011-01-03: The lowest excuse for bad behavior is, "I obeyed the law."
167: 2010-12-30: It is one thing to know the laws of aerodynamics, quite another to fly a plane and land it safely. Theory can't replace experience.
168: 2010-12-29: True morality often lies in skirting the law. You don't openly defy it but quietly evade it to reach an ethically acceptable conclusion.
169: 2010-12-21: The law, in practice, is more an escape from responsibility than an expression of it.
170: 2010-12-18: No human can obey every law and regulation. It's not possible and still get things done. You must decide which rules to comply with and why.
171: 2010-12-12: Just by interacting with law enforcement you run the risk of being accused of a crime, so you want to limit that interaction.
172: 2010-12-12: Why do you need civil rights? Because law enforcement will always be a flawed human operation with a built-in bias toward guilt.
173: 2010-12-12: A healthy life can be lived only in the peripheral vision of the law, not under its direct gaze.
174: 2010-12-11: The law is a blunt instrument, more like a sledgehammer than a scalpel. It pummels problems, but there's always collateral damage.
175: 2010-12-10: The law is a like a Whac-A-Mole game: Every problem solved makes another one pop up elsewhere.
176: 2010-12-04: Doctors, lawyers & engineers are some of the most imprisoned workers—personal growth frozen by their educational investment and high salary.
177: 2010-12-03: You don't get off the hook by saying "I obeyed the law." That is a coward's excuse.
178: 2010-11-29: Unbuffered democracy—where the people vote directly for laws—is as much a tyranny as any dictatorship. (See California.)
179: 2010-11-29: Youth may know the statutes, but only age knows the case law.
180: 2010-11-26: The depth of my love for you—Is shown on this fine tattoo.—Would it cause you alarm—If I sent you my arm—To nourish your lawyer and you?
181: 2010-11-17: Every new law has unintended consequences, sometimes worse than the problem it was supposed to address.
182: 2010-11-08: Our first VIDEO philosophy essay: "The Law of Diminishing Returns" http://youtu.be/iRF3NuLxBic - Filmed yesterday on Miami Beach.
183: 2010-11-06: To those who already have a conscience, law is more an obstruction of morality than an expression of it.
184: 2010-10-24: The irony of law enforcement is that it needs crime to justify its existence.
185: 2010-10-22: The law is a religion based on the belief that the ills of society are best addressed by an infinite progression of explicit rules.
186: 2010-10-10: The ultimate test of any law or public policy is how human behavior actually responds to it.
187: 2010-10-07: RT @YourAristotle: I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. Aristotle
188: KilroyCafe: 2010-11-29: RT @BadDalaiLama: Youth may know the statutes, but only age knows the case law.
189: KilroyCafe: 2010-11-08: RT @BadDalaiLama: Our first VIDEO philosophy essay: "The Law of Diminishing Returns" http://youtu.be/iRF3NuLxBic - Filmed yesterday on M ...
190: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-09: Government provides only half the regulation that controls our lies. The other half comes from risk of lawsuit. Both can be oppressive.
191: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-09: Every new law is a small death of freedom.
192: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-09: No society would be able to function if citizens weren't able to quietly evade the law to get things done.
193: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-09: Lawmaking is a never-ending arms race against the destructive effects of previous laws.
194: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-07: The law is not morality, only a crude caricature of it. Some of history's worst atrocities were committed by people "just obeying the law."
195: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-07: Law is not something perfect and pure handed down by God. It is a flawed set of rules... (One of my better essays:) http://j.mp/akktLV
196: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-02: Have you been injured? Unfairly fired? Call our law firm. We'll help you get the maximum settlement. So you can gamble it away.
197: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-01: Technology, law and medicine offer false promises. They do not improve life on Earth because each advance carries a hidden cost.
198: KilroyCafe: 2010-08-29: Obeying the law isn't a matter of "yes" or "no" but to what extent and under which circumstances. It's a moral calculation like any other.
199: KilroyCafe: 2010-07-19: The law is a blunt instrument, like a sledgehammer not a scalpel. It changes things, but there's always collateral damage.
200: KilroyCafe: 2010-07-19: Lawmaking is a neverending arms race against the pernicious effects of previous laws.
201: KilroyCafe: 2010-07-19: The law doesn't really solve problems, merely redistributes them. Only human judgment, rooted in the moment, can solve problems.
202: KilroyCafe: 2010-07-19: Criminal law, like a slaughterhouse, eventually poisons the souls of everyone working there.
203: KilroyCafe: 2010-05-29: Doctor, lawyer, engineer, scientist, pilot — prestigious positions or stupid factory work? If you like being a small cog in a big machine...
204: KilroyCafe: 2010-05-20: "Violators Will Be Prosecuted To The Fullest Extent Of The Law" is an empty threat. Justice would be overloaded and come to a halt!
205: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-30: To those who already have a conscience, law is more an obstruction of morality than an expression of it.
206: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-01: The irony of law enforcement is that it needs crime to justify its existence. It will scare the public to protect its budget.
207: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-25: Benford's Law: In any set of numbers from the real world, numbers beginning with digits 1 or 2 are far more likely than 8 or 9. Weird!
208: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-21: On my bucket list: Become a personal injury lawyer and portray myself on billboards and TV ads as a 30-foot giant protecting the little guy.
209: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-21: "Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law." —Kant. Wrong! Your situation is unique, not universal.
210: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-18: The law is not morality. It is a crude caricature of morality for those who have none.
211: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-18: The law is not a precision instrument, like a scalpel. It is more like a sledgehammer, a crude tool insensitive to the circumstances.
212: KilroyCafe: 2010-01-31: A lawyer is sworn to uphold the law. He cannot advise you on when and how to break it. You have to figure that out on your own.
213: KilroyCafe: 2010-01-23: The biggest problem of law is that the people who write it are usually detached from its effects.
214: KilroyCafe: 2010-01-23: The only real solutions to people's problems come from outside the law. Often, the noblest thing the law can do is stand aside.
215: KilroyCafe: 2010-01-22: Law is an attempt to solve social problems by a system of written rules. The rules, alas, never quite work as intended.
216: KilroyCafe: 2010-01-22: The crudities of law must often be fine-tuned by conscientious evasion and discreet disobedience.
217: KilroyCafe: 2010-01-06: Doctors, lawyers, engineers and scientists must be properly trained and certified, but any idiot elected by dunces can tell them what to do.
218: KilroyCafe: 2009-12-29: Her mother-in-law was supportive through the whole divorce. "He's a jerk," she said.
219: KilroyCafe: 2009-12-12: It's the law in Utah: At least one family member must be named "Joshua".
220: KilroyCafe: 2009-12-08: A "legislature" is a body of popularly elected representatives who gather in the state capital to screw up the law even worse than it is.
221: KilroyCafe: 2009-12-04: The risk in law, indeed in any form of social intervention, is that people adapt in unexpected ways and the solution becomes the problem.
222: KilroyCafe: 2009-11-25: An inmate on Nevada's Death Row has hung himself in his cell. That's against the law!
223: KilroyCafe: 2009-11-25: The ultimate test of any law or public policy is how human behavior actually responds to it -- which no ideology can predict.
224: KilroyCafe: 2009-11-17: A mature attitude toward law is not "I must obey," but "What are the probabilites and global consequences if I don't?"
225: KilroyCafe: 2009-10-12: Crimes are prosecuted only when they cross the bow of law enforcement or when someone has something to gain by prosecution.
226: KilroyCafe: 2009-10-12: Just because a law exists doesn't mean it will be enforced. An offense has to cross a threshhold of irritation before anyone bothers.
227: KilroyCafe: 2009-10-11: The "Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility" says the perceived value of something declines with each add'l unit consumed. http://bit.ly/JuGNc
228: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-26: The spread between law and enforcement -- e.g. between the speed limit and speed of ticketing -- can be called "enforcement gap".
229: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-26: One advantage of entrepreneurs over corporations is greater ability to overlook the rules - to "play the gap" between law and enforcement.
230: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-26: Any study of law is incomplete without an understanding of how it may be subverted. This is why laws that look good often don't work.
231: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-26: Any proposed law must be understood from the perspective of the clever criminal. How will he turn the new law to his own advantage?
232: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-15: My assembled wisdom on Law: http://bit.ly/yiJyg (from my Twitter archive)
233: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-14: The lowest excuse for ones behavior is, "I obeyed the law."
234: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-14: Implied in every law is "may" -- that is, the option not to enforce it. Without this "implied may" our legal system would collapse.
235: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-14: When the law says "shall" where "may" works better, sometimes you got to say, "Fuck it! Let 'em come after me!" and go with "may".
236: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-14: The greatest sickness of prosecutors is to insist that if they CAN do something under the law, they MUST do it. They deny their discretion.
237: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-14: True humanity lies in skirting the law. You don't openly defy it but subtly evade it to reach a morally acceptable conclusion.
238: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-14: In law schools, I would add a required course: "Evasion of Law." It would teach how to skirt the law to achieve the best human outcome.
239: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-14: The most common error in law is confusing "may" and "shall". Just because the law CAN be used for something doesn't MUST it must be.
240: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-09: California is a case study in dysfunctional democracy. Even the worst legislators are better than the people voting for laws themselves.
241: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-08: Campbell's Law of Storage: Ones possessions will expand to fill whatever storage space is available. New blog entry: http://bit.ly/N5S3C
242: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-06: Law is written by image-conscious legislators elected by dim-witted voters to address the public hysteria of the moment.
243: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-01: In Oregon and New Jersey, you can't pump your own gas. Attendants have to do it. It's the (stupid) law! AKA "socialism".
244: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-12: Do you take this man/woman as your lawfully wedded spouse, to clean up after, to make excuses for, to protect from reality, 'til death...?
245: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-12: No human can obey every law and government regulation. It's impossible! You must choose what to comply with and why.
246: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-12: The law, in practice, is more an escape from responsibility than an expression of it.
247: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-05: To protect people from each other, you must have law, but then you have to protect people from the people enforcing the law.
248: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-05: The law, due to its human origins and human enforcement, will always be a royal screw-up.
249: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-26: It's hard to find a lawyer who can "think outside the box," because the law, by definition, is totally inside the box.
250: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-11: The thing that keeps most lawyers from truly understanding the law is their unquestioning faith in it.
251: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-10: Why you need civil rights: because law enforcement will always be a flawed human operation with a built-in bias toward guilt.
252: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-10: Just by interacting with law enforcement you run the risk of being accused of a crime, so you want to limit that interaction.
253: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-08: Human life does not thrive under law or commerce, only in the hidden places that law and commerce ignore.
254: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-08: The function of law is to punish the guilty and bankrupt the not guilty. The only winners are the lawyers.
255: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-08: Society has a right to rule of law, but the individual has the right to seek the hidden nooks and crevices the law can't see.
256: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-08: Today you will probably break a dozen laws. Can you list them? You drove over the speed limit, walked on private property, etc.
257: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-08: It is okay to quietly break the law as long as a "threshhold of damage" is not crossed where you hurt someone or run the risk of doing so.
258: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-08: In practice, police don't ticket drivers for 1 mph above the speed limit, only 10+ mph. This is the unwritten leniency the law must have.
259: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-08: A healthy life can be lived only in the peripheral vision of the law, not under its direct gaze.
260: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-27: The law is a religion like any other, with its blind assumptions. If you're a lawyer, you have to believe, because you're a priest.
261: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-27: The blind assumptions of law are that problems are fixed by written rules and by battle in court, but both things can BECOME the problem.
262: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-27: The law, by its nature, suppresses creativity. Every new rule makes it more difficult for people to find unique personal solutions.
263: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-27: The law is necessary, but so is subversion of it. At some point you have to set it aside and analyse the real affects of your actions.
264: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-27: The law is not morality. It is a crude caricature of morality. True morality is taking responsibility for the effects of your actions.
265: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-27: You don't get off the hook for anything by saying "I obeyed the law." That is a coward's excuse.
266: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-26: The law is not a precision instrument, like a scalpel. It is more like a sledgehammer that breaks as many things as it fixes.
267: KilroyCafe: 2009-04-23: Just released my latest Kilroy philosophy essay: "The Tyranny of Law" law/>http://www.kilroycafe.com/ideas/law/
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