tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post645302964888348310..comments2023-05-08T10:46:34.371+01:00Comments on Y Cneifiwr: Dear Dave....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-20267438100418071272014-07-04T16:04:55.421+01:002014-07-04T16:04:55.421+01:00Perhaps the Acting Head of Law is relying on the w...Perhaps the Acting Head of Law is relying on the well-established authority in Alice v Humpty Dumpty [1872], viz:<br />'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less'. 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be the master, that's all.'<br /><br />Although it has been found that there has been no criminal behaviour in respect of unlawful actions undertaken by the Council, that doesn't seem to stop officers carrying out grievous bodily harm to the plain meaning of words.<br /><br />If you call black white loudly and for long enough, the hope is that the feeble-minded might actually believe it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com