"Things Are Not Always As They Seem"

Item: “Copyright 2008 xxx Magazine. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.” Ok; that makes sense. Someone writes an article, it’s their work and intellectual property and they want it protected. But then you look at the top or bottom of the screen and you see those four buttons: “share” “email” “save” “print.”

Uh, if you are trying to protect what you wrote, why are you inviting us to break the rules in at least three ways? Isn’t that self-defeating?

Item: We have a person down the street whose job description is “Parking Enforcement.” Even says that on his vehicle . . . which is parked in a No Parking space between meters under a sign stating, “Meter Parking Only.” There were some blank tickets on the seat and I was tempted to try the door to see if I could get at one and fill it out. I know the guy and I could stay out of sight to see what happened.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many. -Phaedrus (Roman poet)