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The lilly-liveredness of this statement makes you shudder. We know for certain that no-one saw fit to make this remark ''before'' the 1970s. What is it about the modern world that makes a [[legal eagle]] worry so? Does it not, subliminally, sent a contrary message: “I am ''saying'' I accept no responsibility, but I tacitly acknowledge that at some level I probably do.” | The lilly-liveredness of this statement makes you shudder. We know for certain that no-one saw fit to make this remark ''before'' the 1970s. What is it about the modern world that makes a [[legal eagle]] worry so? Does it not, subliminally, sent a contrary message: “I am ''saying'' I accept no responsibility, but I tacitly acknowledge that at some level I probably do.” | ||
Whereas the bold statement: | Whereas the bold statement: “''The Issuer accepts no liability for this prospectus''” leaves a reader in no doubt where she stands: | ||
“Okay, okay, I ''get'' it. You aren’t responsible. ''Jesus''. Calm ''down'' already.” | |||
Now should it transpire that the full extent of the law did not allow the Issuer off the hook, well — happy days — but the Issuer gains nothing by adding this in the interim. And ''not'' saying it hardly makes the Issuer’s position worse, does it? | Now should it transpire that the full extent of the law did not allow the Issuer off the hook, well — happy days — but the Issuer gains nothing by adding this in the interim. And ''not'' saying it hardly makes the Issuer’s position worse, does it? | ||
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