Document Type
Argument Essay
Publication Date
1991
Excerpt
De minimis non curat lex--The law does not concern itself with trifles (famous legal maxim: Bartlett 1010). This sounds wonderful (especially in Latin), and is a lovely sentiment, but it has apparently lost something in translation. Or take one of the most sacred beliefs of Americans--that this country cherishes "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Obviously such sentiments include the understanding that one's pursuit of happiness must not interfere with another's. Yet, this too is rapidly being forgotten or ignored. We have in this country a twisted group of people who seem to feel that their only source of happiness consists of maliciously interfering with someone else's. Their cruel philosophy has spread all across this country. I call this movement paralegal neo-Puritanism (simply because such a nomenclature sounds impressive), but what I am referring to is, of course, Public Nagging.
Recommended Citation
Lyons, Jack, "Nagging in America (1991)" (1991). The Valpo Core Reader. 366.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/366