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(But I would say that Morgan Freeman would probably say something like, “it’s the magic of risking everything for a dream no one can see but you.”
I am not a judge, and I daresay I will not presume to talk as if I know what the actual law firmly or finally (or both) states about this — because I really don’t know. However, I will still talk as my ability to perceive what I see to be fair encourages me to talk (that is, taking the posture of one who “feels as though he knows”) because there doesn’t strike me as another valid choice. And you can think or say (or both) that that last sentence is
“too long; too complex; wordy” because there are easier ways to say something other than what I said, which was there offered to brace the context of “I will say what I feel I must say” in a fashion other than to be interpreted in the I’ll say what I like fashion. In a polite fashion though ‘being overly specific’ is taken to quite rarely be the politer of the choices. Tone, though it cannot be the only thing, can make a great deal of difference.
If I am especially sensitive to this piece of writing’s difficulties I should at least insist on relating that
In other words, I am not “taking a tone” here with the purpose of being offensive. I am certainly not so dull as to do that with a judge of all people. I am not “telling a judge what is what” so to speak. I am simply expressing what I sincerely believe to be the case, that’s all.