He left abruptly...

Kindly join us in conveying our deepest condolences to KNFK and his family on the recent bereavement of their beloved father. TQ.

Season's greetings!

Hi, apparently we have a satelite moon for the Planet Deng too. So therefore we celebrate this Lunar New Year more popularly known as the Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival.
It's supposed to mark and celebrate the arrival of Spring, but we're sweating our pants off over here.

Anyways, Happy Holidays!

An Accident

Just last weekend our founder and contributor KNFK had an accident while riding his motorcycle on the way home in the night. Surrounding that incident, a series of other unfortunate events have made him feel rather down and outta luck (Or 'sui' as the Chinese would put it). You can see a picture of his injuries and read about his predicament at his blog.

So if there's anyone out there who knows him, do help cheer him up with a few words of wisdom and compassion.

Take care fellow Dengizen! We are there for you. Call us if you need anything okie!

Legal Mumbo Jumbo

Help, help, can someone translate the below legal mumbo jumbo into plain English?

"
I/We shall not be released or exonerated from this Guarantee by any of the matters following:-
a) ...

b) The variation exchange renewal release or modification of any such securities, or the refusal or neglect to complete enforce or assign any judgment specialty or other security or instrument, negotiable or other wise, and whether satisfied by payment or not;

c) ...
"

Hmm, I wonder... can the language used in legal documents, contracts, constructions and/or orders be simpler and less obfuscated as the above? Are there volumes of subtleties that one have to know before one can embark on reading such legal constructions?

And, who's there to determine that legal documents are "legal" and "correct" if no one actually reads them? Well, the cost of reading such documents is almost certainly a lawyer's consultation fee. And, if laws are suppose to be "public", "civil" and "common", then why is it's understanding, creation and manipulation belong to only a small minority of the people for which it governs?

Is there any signs or hope that the language of law can be made simpler and more understandable? How can one abide by the law when one does not understand it in the first place? Like the blind leading the blind...

Come to think of it, many of the religions today too share in having their written teachings in equally confusing and obfuscated language. Perhaps it's because they are translations from ancient/old languages. Hahaha, but then, like beauty, translation too lies in the eye of the translator (a beholder can be very much the beholden)!

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