Re: xkcd: University Commas

On 2024-10-10 00:24:27 +0000, Mark Jackson said:

On 10/9/2024 5:46 PM, Your Name wrote:

On 2024-10-09 16:24:37 +0000, Mark Jackson said:

On 10/9/2024 12:02 PM, Paul S Person wrote:

 Haven't there been legal cases decided on whether or not an Oxford
Comma was used?

 https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/us/dairy-drivers-oxford-comma-case-settlement-trnd/index.html 

 There are probably many many more too. Lawyers, especially the scumbag ones, are always looking for some miniscule flaw

 . . .such as "what is the actual meaning of the law as written?". . .

As the old saying goes: "The law is an ass."
Meaning: "The law is an ass is a derisive expression said when the the rigid application of the letter of the law is seen to be contrary to common sense."
<https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-law-is-an-ass.html>
If a person is guilty of a serious crime, then gets let off because a comma is in the wrong place (or the police didn't give the criminal a hot cup of cocoa at bedtime, etc.), then the defence lawyer is a scumbag and the legal system is a complete joke.

to get their own side a "win".  :-(