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Article Excerpt
Here's a short story.
Early in April, the Center for Ethics, Service, and Professionalism at Thomas Cooley Law School sent an e-mail to the faculty and staff inviting us to participate in the Lansing (Michigan) "Clean Sweep." Participating organizations would pick up litter in their assigned area, a few city blocks, on a certain day. And Lansing would, at least for a while, be a brighter and tidier place.
I later learned that the event was being sponsored by a bank. I admire the bank for undertaking the event. The people involved deserve credit and thanks for their community spirit. And the invitation struck a nerve with me. Like you, probably, I'm disgusted that people throw their trash out the car window or on the street for someone else to pick up. I'm even compulsive enough to pick up paper, plastic bottles, cans, and whatnot as I'm running. So, sure, sign me up.
Cooley's organizer said I would have to sign a release. Fine. She would drop it off at my office. Fine. She dropped it off at my office. Not fine.
The release was typical--and typically revolting. Once again, the public channels were polluted by legalese. Once again, readers--those who bothered to even try--were subjected to a form of writing that has been criticized and ridiculed for centuries. Once again, many of them must...
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