Какое, милые, у нас тысячелетье на дворе?

[ny_quant]

House Rules (это не шутка)

Under section 370 of the House Rules and Manual it has been held that a Member could:

* refer to the government as “something hated, something oppressive.”
* refer to the President as “using legislative or judicial pork.”
* refer to a Presidential message as a “disgrace to the country.”
* refer to unnamed officials as “our half-baked nitwits handling foreign affairs.”

Likewise, it has been held that a member could not:

* call the President a “liar.”
* call the President a “hypocrite.”
* describe the President’s veto of a bill as “cowardly.”
* charge that the President has been “intellectually dishonest.”
* refer to the President as “giving aid and comfort to the enemy.”
* refer to alleged “sexual misconduct on the President’s part.”

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Comments

[misha-b.livejournal.com]

А как надо?

[ny-quant.livejournal.com]

Что-то Вас давно не видно было.

Ну, не знаю. Может, "liar" & "comfort to the enemy" это и слишком грубо, а "cowardly" просто попахивает пустой риторикой, но остальное, по-моему, более-менее ОК.

[misha-b.livejournal.com]

Да, что-то все времени нет..


Конечно, такие правила выглядят странновато, но с другой стороны, что делать, если у людей нет никакого чувства приличия. Кстати "half-baked nitwits" тоже весьма оскорбительно, по-моему.