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I have to tell you this little story about the best answer to the worst question I ever witnessed. It was two minute masterclass in educating stupidity. If only I could ever be that good. This is not strictly #ForeniscLinguistics, but it is something with language and law. 1/
I was at a public lecture about the concept of justice in the Danish legal system, and the lecturer was the Danish public Ombudsman at the time. Quite possibly the most silver-tongued person I ever met. 2/
Now, the function of the Ombudsman is literally the rule of law. And the Ombudsman's primary purpose is to protect citizens from legal, administrative, and broadly speaking public overreach. As such he is, of course [sigh], universally detested by the tough-on-crime crowd. 3/
