In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] wrote: >Stan writes: > >> Sadly, Shakespeare's lawyer line is taken out of context. Read in >> context, it's basically saying that it would be silly to suggest >> killing all of the lawyers. >> >> Oh well ... wonder what that first draft looked like, prior to >> Will passing it through the legal department? :) >> >> >> BTW, I tried to find a few URLs with the original text from the play ... >> boy, what a mismash of misinformation is out on the web! Many people >> misquote the phrase (minor changes, mostly), and I saw it >> attributed to the plays: Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. >> I also stumbled over www.killalllawyers.com. I'm giving up! > >This appears to be my week to disagree with Stan, at least on the truly >important things that we discuss here. An answer-at-length rebutting Stan's >contention appears at: > > http://www.spectacle.org/797/finkel.html > >The fellow who put this web page together, Seth Finkelstein, strongly suggests >that any interpretation that "First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" >is somehow complimentary of lawyers required the convoluted logic of a legal >mind to begin with. > >As to the exact location of the quote (which isn't referenced in the URL >above), the line appears in "King Henry the Sixth Part II", Act IV, Scene II. > >Wirt Atmar Hello all, Do I get a prize? My trusty Mac has found the text at <http://www.dmax.com/Shakespeare/History/Henry_VI_part_2/00894.htm> :-) Enjoy all!!! John -- NorTel MS: 82C101 Phone: (919) 905-5331 Attn: John C. Vestal Fax: (919) 905-4121 P.O. Box 13010 RTP, NC 27709 <mailto:[log in to unmask]>