lawyerspeak

[waider]

"win or lose, it's a no-win situation" - some English media lawyer on the proposed new legislation in the UK to criminalise incitement to religious hatred.

Comments

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

Maybe he thought people wouldn't know what "Pyrrhic victory" meant?

[littleamerica.livejournal.com]

I'm completely mystified as to why so many lawyers and public figures are so ill-spoken. It seems like its worse here than there, of course.

I mean, don't verbal skills usually come with the reading comprehension skills necessary to become a lawyer?