"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:17:28 -0700, RegForte wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> This is just going too far:
>>>
>>> Ingredients: Milk
>>>
>>> Allergy Warning: Contains MILK
>>>
>>> And on my jug of CostCo Cashews:
>>>
>>> "Ingredients: Cashews, Peanut Oil, Salt"
>>>
>>> On another part of the label:
>>> "Warning: Contents processed on equipment that also processes nuts"
>>>
>>> And on yet another part of the label:
>>> "Consumers should read all allergy warnings carefully"
>>>
>>> Why not just read the damn ingredients and be done with it? If they
>>> can't read the ingredients, then they can't read any of the warnings
>>> warning you to read the warnings about the ingredients.
>>
>> "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers"
>>
>> Henry The Sixth, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2
>
> people love to quote that line, but i doubt one in a hundred knows the
> context:
>
> M. Johnson in his letter to the editor published on July 31, might like to
> read Shakespeare before quoting him. The phrase: "The first thing we do,
> let's kill all the lawyers", comes from Henry the Sixth, Part 2, Act IV,
> Scene 2 when Cade, a rather deranged populist, talks about his plans when
> he becomes king, and is joined by Dick who speaks the line. In context,
> the
> quotation is a positive one on the role of lawyers-who are the first line
> of defense against a failure of law and justice.
>
> <http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/News/2002,0801-goldstein.shtm>
>
> so, be careful what you wish for.
>

So, it's no different from bible-thumpers quoting out of context.