Joel, As I have tried to make clear, I think not. The law is imperfect like other institutions, but Dickens was quite wrong. It is not, or not always, an ass.
In my view at any rate this discussion has exhausted itself in banalities, as is too often the case here. I will leave it to others to continue it, if indeed it is to be continued. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
