Tautologism?

[PrettyCandles]

"legal legislation"

[RosaIsRed]

Quite.

[PrettyCandles]

I thank you.

(We need an "I'm a snob and I know it" icon.)

[Mercy]

'reversing back'

Isn't it tautology?(am no pedant so am prepared to be told otherwise)

[Bink]

I theeenk PC was being amusing there, with the ism?

It's not completely exactly a pedantry point, and it's more a moral tautology than a semantic one, but dh & I collect [ponces that we are] examples of things like those ads for ambulance-chasing solicitors which make a point of solemnly announcing "All lawyers authorised by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority".

I think it started with one for a pawn-brokers that said "guaranteed honest valuations".

[Mercy]

Bink, you and your dh are a bit bonkers.

But I laaike you.

[PrettyCandles]

You do me too much credit, Bink.

Not deliberate, just groggism. Ds had me up at 3am, 4am and 5am last night. (Are the 'am's acceptable there TMMJ?)

[Mercy]

PC, I'm with you.

dd was vomiting from 2am Wednesday until 5pm yesterday. Ds also wet the bed.

I'm really tired (moan moan)

[PrettyCandles]

So why are we still up?

I'll race you! Can you get to bed before midnight?

Ready, steady - gone!

[anorak]

"new innovations"

[Mercy]

lol! This is my 'me time'!!!

I rarely come on MN on Friday night - is it always this quiet?

ps. I have a rotten cold too.

[Ledodgy]

This is why I hardly venture into this topic it makes me feel thick.

[Threadworm]

But laws can be judged illegal accoring to some higher legal standard -- eg the US Constitution or Bill of Rights, or, in UK, human rights legislation, etc.

[PrettyCandles]

But doesn't legislation refer to rules that are specifically legal (eg the manner in which guns may be carried), rather than, say, relating to conforming (eg rules on how to wear a uniform)?